Asma's fight for girls' education in Afghanistan ^{CEFR A2}

After the Taliban took Kabul and the president fled, schools for girls were first allowed to hold exams but then were closed. Asma was in the eleventh grade and could not enter her school; she stood at the gate and asked, "What was our crime?" She wrote, "Yes, we were born girls, but we are not criminals."

With family support she found a secret English centre in Herat where teachers taught quietly. After a year she reached a high level and became a teacher there. She applied to the online University of the People for Business Administration, received an acceptance letter and is set to start in April. She feels excited to study and sad that many girls still have no school.