One of the greatest strengths of PPA is the role our students play in creating a rich intellectual and social community. Through various extracurricular clubs—ranging from entrepreneurship to personal wellness—students find connection despite their physical isolation. An exciting innovation in 2025 was a summer “Astronomy Camp” conceived and led by Read more…
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…