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Thank you for highlighting this Faisal! I served in Afghanistan, helped a small school start, dug a bunch of wells for the villagers to have fresh water, and watched with immense pain as my heart broke when we abandoned Afghanistan.

This helps. I pray these girls and women never give up.

Thank you for sharing this!

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Feb 4, 2023Liked by Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

Thank you for your courage and perseverance to show women their sovereign strength.

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Feb 4, 2023Liked by Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

This is amazing. If Americans don’t start fighting back and voting, this is what America will look like. Book banning, rewriting the history books is already happening. I hope someday Afghanistan will be free and girls can be educated without fear of death or imprisonment.

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Feb 4, 2023Liked by Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

Inspired by this story of massive resistance and commitment to education

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Feb 4, 2023Liked by Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

Thank you for your courage and hard work!

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Extraordinary. Such bravery, such conviction. I’m cheering on all of these women and girls from the bottom of my heart ♥️ Education is the essential tool to battle oppression.

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Feb 4, 2023Liked by Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

A true hero! Thanks for sharing her important work 🙏

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Thank you for the factual reporting and interview. Reading about the courage of this woman is humbling and puts my life in perspective. May she and her students be protected and watched over!

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What bravery and integrity. This lady would give her life so the girls could be educated. In America I am afraid we do not treasure the opportunity to learn. We choose to be in constant battle debating own opinions nit promoting what works instead of working together to give our children the best education possible. Politics rules everything not common sense and what’s best for students. Is that why the United States falls so far behind other countries? Do we have the passion and courage to fight for all kids? Let’s get back to caring about each other and having very high educational standards.

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Thank you for this post. Neda: You are one brave woman. I shudder to think what the Taliban is doing to the women of your country. And I don’t think there is anything on this earth that can change them. I pray to my God that women like you get through life as best you can, without harm. I cry as I write this, as no small insignificant person like myself can stop your oppression. If only……

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How can we help?

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Such an enlightening story, Faisal. Thank you so much for sharing this interview of such a courageous woman. This is the ultimate story of kindness. Kindness is powerful.

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While this is good information and a compelling story of bravery and dedication, I wonder at the wisdom in publishing it. I am sure there is enough information that the Taliban would have no difficulty finding her Center and using her and her students as an example.

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Aren't you concerned about the Taliban reading this?

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The world needs more people like Neda, someone willing to put her life at risk for the greater good of educating girls in Aghanistan.

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What a testimony of bravery. Praying for all God's daughters and sons in Afghanistan.

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