Why isn't there a general forum for books, not just "What we're reading"?
I'll post this here, for lack of better options.
They Built Libraries to Honor Loved Ones, Women Felled by Bombings
By Fatima Faizi and Rod Nordland
Ms. Hussaini and Ms. Monji’s loved ones were inspired to fulfill the same dream: to build public libraries memorializing the women they had lost.
Today, those libraries — one in Kabul, the capital, and the other in Daikundi Province — stand as symbols of the progress made toward gender equality and access to education in Afghanistan, where as many as 3.5 million girls are enrolled in school, according to a recent U.S. watchdog report, and where, as of 2018, one-third of the nation’s teachers were women...
Ms. Hussaini had always said that Daikundi Province should have a library — a bold ambition in a country of roughly 38 million people and only 100 public libraries, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Education.
For the whole article:
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/world/asia/afghanistan-libraries-women-taliban.html
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