Editor’s note: The following is a poem written by one of our students. I feel the cold deep within my bonesA deathly anguish courses through my veinsand my face twists in agonyI repeat to myselfI am an Afghan girlI am still here, standing on this soilIn a desert of hopelessnessMy Read more…
Editor’s note: To protect her identity, we use the letter “B” to refer to the author of the following post. The essay appears with almost no edits to preserve the author’s voice. When the internet ban was announced, she asked, “What if these doves reach the ground?” Hello. I am Read more…
Editor’s note: To protect her identity, we use the letter “A” to refer to the author of the following post. “A” is a junior at Pax Populi Academy. The essay appears with almost no edits to preserve the author’s voice. I was always an active and ambitious student. Before schools Read more…
Congratulations to Pax Populi Academy for completing in June 2024 its first year as a full-curriculum underground school for women and girls in Afghanistan! Over the previous nine months, a group of dedicated teachers, students, and administrators worked selflessly to respond to the massive need for schooling for female students in Read more…
Last year we introduced you to Z., an extraordinary student in Pax Populi’s Underground School for Women and Girls in Afghanistan. Here is what we said… “Z” isn’t her name or even her initial. Z., however, lives in Afghanistan, and she needs to hide her identity because she is a student Read more…