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How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school

Sakena Yacoobi · TED

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About

When the Taliban closed all the girls' schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of women and men. In this fierce, funny talk, she tells the jaw-dropping story of two times when she was threatened to stop teaching -- and shares her vision for rebuilding her beloved country.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDWomen 2015
Speaker
Sakena Yacoobi
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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