The smell of halal smash burgers filled the air as members from Afghan student associations bumped a volleyball to one another on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Fremont. Students from San Francisco State University’s Afghan Student Association participated in a tournament at Lake Elizabeth in collaboration with Afghan student associations from University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis and California State University, Sacramento. Over 70 students and their families sat in lawn chairs and enjoyed their food off the grill while watching the tournament. “This is very special because I just feel like since ASA at SFSU has been dead for the past couple of years, since COVID, and I re-registered it and brought it back to life,” said Mahsa Furkhunda, president of SFSU’s ASA. “It’s very special having the Afghans at SFSU collab and network with other students.” SFSU’s ASA has been in contact with the other Afghan student associations since the end of September. Now th...