Did you know the first university in the world was founded by a Muslim woman?

Of course you didn’t.

#AfghanGirlsVoices
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#FreeAfghanWomen

🧵46

qarawiyyinproject.co/2022/01/3…

Women and Education in the Historical Muslim World

Ayah Aboelela “Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim”. This narration from the Prophet ﷺ is one of dozens of hadiths that emphasize the value of education in Islam. It is no wo…

^{The Qarawiyyin Project}

What's that?

Secret underground schools for girls where teachers and students risk beatings and lashings and imprisonment if they're caught, just so they can receive the basics of an education?

Is this from The Handmaids Tale?

No. This is the actual reality of life in Afghanistan in 2024.

Some of the schools are paid for by the charity Ideas Beyond Borders. Info and donation opportunity in the link below.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#FreeAfghanWomen

🧵13

ideasbeyondborders.org/program….

Underground Schools In Afghanistan

Defying the Taliban restrictions on women and girl’s education Help us fund underground schools in Afghanistan to ensure girls get the education they need. The Taliban’s seizure of powe…

^{Ideas Beyond Borders}

1.4 Million girls in Afghanistan don't receive a secondary education. If that sounds like a big number and is hard to visualize, let's put it another way.

ZERO AFGHAN GIRLS ARE IN SCHOOL AFTER THE AGE OF 11.

That's the Taliban way. They stay at home and do the housework, until they are married and then they stay at home and do the housework.

What can they do?

Open Secret Underground Schools.

Ssssh!

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#FreeAfghanWomen

#12

bigissue.com/news/activism/afg…

How Afghan women and girls are defying the Taliban with secret schools: ‘We are not alone’

Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 they have cracked down on women's rights. Now secret groups are striking back.

^{Hoda Javdani (Big Issue)}

"At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

We urge the international community to remain mobilized to obtain the unconditional reopening of schools and universities to Afghan girls and women."

Audrey Azoulay,
UNESCO Director-General.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#FreeAfghanWomen

🧵11

rferl.org/a/afghanistan-girls-…

At Least 1.4 Million Afghan Girls Banned From Attending School Since Taliban Takeover, UNESCO Says

At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, said on August 15.

^{RFE/RL's Radio Azadi (RFE/RL)}