C E N T R A L A S I A I N S T I T U T E
CAI HERO : My science teacher , Tooba By Murzia
C E N T R A L A S I A I N S T I T U T E
HEROES
CAI HERO : My science teacher , Tooba By Murzia
A portion of Murzia ’ s handwritten tribute .
My name is Murzia and I am a student at Central Asia High School in Kabul . I was born in 1998 in Jalozai refugee camp , Pakistan , where my father lived for 18 years .
When we have returned to our beloved country Afghanistan , I was 5 years old . We lived in our village , Lalander , for three years where I started going to school , then we moved to Kabul and now I am in grade 8 at Central Asia High School .
I love my school and teachers . My favorite teacher is Tooba Kakar . She is 43 and she has a son and a daughter . She graduated from Teacher Training College . She has good behavior and is very kind and tries to understand all students fairly ; however it is very difficult for a mother to have young children and job .
I was born in low-class family , so I proud that my father is educated and loves education . But my mother is uneducated . When I have known as a girl about my family and tribe , there was no chance for girls to get education , so I was disappointed about my life that I thought my family would not let me to go to school as well .
But I was wrong . My father was not like our relatives and tribes . He let me and my other two sisters and four brothers to go school to get education . So I am very lucky . My father receives threats from our close relatives and Taliban because of supporting girls ’ education , but he ignores them all .
My dream is to become a journalist to help Afghan poor people and raise the voice of Afghan women in the world . y
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