Somaya Faruqi Speaks to UN

Somaya Faruqi Speaks to UN

Somaya Faruqi speaks for the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan, in front of the United Nations in an emotional speech. Somaya Faruqi was the captain of the Afghan girls’ international robotics team last year. In August, she fled her country as the Taliban...
Angela Ghayur Teaching Afghan Woman

Angela Ghayur Teaching Afghan Woman

Angela Ghayur is teaching a thousand students who would not otherwise get an education now – women and girls in Taliban-held Afghanistan. Ghayur was only 13 when she began teaching, a refugee from Afghanistan in Iran. Her family had managed to surmount the paperwork...