This photo essay is part of a yearlong Chronicle visual series that highlights the challenges facing first-generation students and others. The series is part of the Different Voices of Student Success ...
Afghan refugees pass by an outdoor girls’ classroom in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi In the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, amid a backdrop of perpetual struggle ...
The Taliban’s return to Kabul in the summer of 2021 sent shock waves through the university system. Students at Bamyan University, where I was chancellor at the time, fled back to their homes in rural ...
Somaya Faruqi left Afghanistan two years ago, at age 19. Today she is seizing the opportunity to advocate for girls’ education on a global stage — and sharing messages the world needs to hear. Somaya ...
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From underground classroom to Zayed Award: Afghan activist's fight for girls’ education
When Zarqa Yaftali speaks about education, she does so not as a distant advocate, but as someone who once sat on the floor of ...
Since reclaiming power in 2021, the Taliban have systematically denied Afghan girls and women their rights to education, employment, and freedom of movement. Now, as internal divisions shake the ...
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