TED-Ed The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

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From: TED Talks Daily - Monday Dec 06, 2021 01:01 pm
The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on
An exceptional story of hope and resilience

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The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

16:53 minutes · TEDWomen 2021

In this deeply moving talk, educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh shares the harrowing story of evacuating more than 250 students, staff and family members from the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) -- the country's first and only all-girls boarding school -- to Rwanda after the Taliban took power in 2021. An exceptional story of hope, resilience and dreaming big for future generations of Afghan girls -- and a challenge for the world to not look away.

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