Tanzania, April 13 -- For three and a half years, Fatma Hassan Nasser had been a student at Ahlul Bayt International University pursuing a Bachelor's in Law.

She had one year left, before returning home to Tanzania.

Her younger sister UmmyKulthum was in the first year of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Qazvin, a city in North Central Iran.

War was the last thing on their minds; these Tanzanian girls had blended so well with other students, just like all young people do on campuses.

New culture, new friends, everything was calm.

"I spent most of my time with my Indian, Sudanese, Pakistani, and Lebanese friends," UmmyKulthum Nasser said.

Their dream was to graduate and find jobs in Tanzania.

Their mother in Kibaha was counting th...