Ahmadshah Afghan: Malgarai Smiles and Date Malgarai

ahmadshah afghan: He can't be any more precise because he was born in Afghanistan, where birth dates don't have the same cultural importance as in Canada and most other countries, and are often forgotten, according to CBC. Ahmadshah Malgarai's Afghan national ID says he was born in 1976, four years later than the date on his Canadian passport. I feel like I am in my 40's, Malgarai smiles. Steve Fischer/CBC Even if you ask the older generation in Afghanistan, 'OK, what year are we in now ' they won't know, he said. He arrived alone as a refugee in his late teens or early 20's, sent here by his parents to find a better life. There's one date Malgarai is sure of the year he came to Canada, 1993. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.