Every morning now when I wake up, I think I’m late for school.
But then I have the sad realisation that my school is shut.
We used to take a rickshaw to get there every day with my brothers and sisters.
Now I watch on, as the rickshaw arrives every morning to take the boys to school whilst
I am left behind. I watch the news every day, hoping to hear
that schools will be reopening in my area and I might be able to chat to my friends
and teachers. I feel such sorrow that we are deprived of
this very basic right to an education just because we are women.
In the future, I want to study science and English and be successful in my career.
But Afghanistan is now cut off from the rest of the world and my dream of pursuing my education
feels futile. I hope the world and international community
will not forget about us and not let our years of hard work go to waste.
Rohila.