How a water bottle on an Irish train sparked an Afghan woman's childhood memories

Sara Wahedi said: 'There is just no such thing as borders and we are really intrinsically connected.'

Sara Wahedi speaking after receiving the One Young World "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in Belfast. Picture: Sarah Wahedi via Twitter

Tipperary. A word on a water bottle and in a song. The one word linking memories from the past and the present for a 28-year-old Afghan woman as she travelled down to Dublin on a train from Belfast.

Sara Wahedi was five years old when she, her mother, and her brother arrived in Canada as refugees from Afghanistan.