Because We Love to Be Educated
It is hard for me to express in words how much education and going to school mean to an Afghan girl. I am Masuda and that girl was once me…
Category Advocacy
What Freedom Felt Like
The water was freezing cold, yet I didn’t want to leave because, for the first time in a very long time, I felt something I had almost forgotten existed: freedom.
Do Not Let It Happen to a Third Generation
Two generations of women in my family have had their education taken away simply because we are women.
I Had No Rights at All
I came to the United States to complete my high school education because I was denied my right to education under the Taliban regime. After three years of studying in secret in Afghanistan…
Unstoppable Dreams
As I lay in my bed one night trying to sleep, I heard a whisper of crying. My mother spoke on the phone with my uncle’s wife and wept softly, “I know that the Taliban are heartless and cruel…”