How one woman escaped from the Taliban and made it to Cork 

This two part podcast is a story of hard work, hope and home

Manizha Khan is this week's guest on The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.

Ireland is full of healthcare staff who have come here from other places, but the story behind the white coat is one that belongs in a Hollywood movie.

Dr Manizha Khan is a dentist in Cork, but her journey from Kabul to Cork has taken many unexpected twists and turns.

She talks about how one small act of kindness from a Kiwi nurse when she was a refugee child in Pakistan saved her life 20 years later, achieving a senior university role in Herat only to lose it abruptly when the Taliban returned, and how her escape from death threats in Afghanistan was made possible by the kindness of strangers in Ireland.

A story of hard work, hope and home, this two-part podcast is live now.

Part 1: One woman's escape from the Taliban 

Part 2: I would die for Ireland