TED Talks
Sakena Yacoobi: How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school
TV-PG
2015 • E160 Sep 21, 2015 15mWhen the Taliban closed all the girls' schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of women and men. In this fierce, funny talk, she tells the jaw-dropping story of two times when she was threatened to stop teaching -- and shares her vision for rebuilding her beloved country.
