I got to meet Dr. Yacoobi, or 'Ustad' as she is called from her employees with the Afghan Institute of Learning. (I think 'ustad' means 'teacher'.)
She has won a number of national and international awards for leadership and human rights. Her travel schedule is punishing- she is traveling almost non-stop to conferences, forums, and back and forth between Afghanistan and the United States.
She is a quiet, unassuming woman with iron-hard determination. Her passion and dream is a future Afghanistan where women and children are literate, have good health care, and can learn skills to maintain a family lifestyle. She is Muslim, and believes in the equality of men and women that is referred to in the Quran.
Here is a great video that shows a bit of what Sakena is accomplishing:
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