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W
OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
AFGHANISTAN
Central Asia Institute-Afghanistan
PAKISTAN
Central Asia Educational Trust
Director: Abdul Wakil Karimi
Locations supported: Ghazni, Kabul
www.cai.org.af
Director: Shakir Ali
Locations supported: Islamabad, Azad Jammu
Kashmir, Baltistan, Punjab
www.caet.org.pk
Star of Knowledge
Director: Muhammad Nadir Hanifi (not pictured)
Locations supported: Badakshan, Baghlan,
Ghazni, Kabul, Kapisa, Khost, Kunar, Laghman,
Logar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Panjshir, Parwan,
Urozgan, Wardak
www.sko.org.af
Marcopolo Social Services and Reconstruction
Organization
Director: Janagha Jaheed
Locations supported: Badakhshan, Takhar
www.marcopolo.org.af
TAJIKISTAN
Central Asia Institute-Tajikistan
Azad Jammu Kashmir Program Manager:
Fozia Naseer
Baltistan Program Manager:
Mohammad Nazir
Central Asia Institute-Gilgit
Director: Saidullah Baig
Locations supported: Gilgit, Hunza, Ghizer
Director: Mahbuba Qurbonalieva
Locations supported: GBAO
IS STUDYING ASTRONOMY AN
IMPOSSIBLE WISH?
BY ZAINAB
A
fter talking time and again about
the problems in our post-conflict
society, I feel that I have missed
something. I want to take a deep breath and
untwist my wings for a flight to my dreams.
I want to take some time to think about my
wish to become an astronomer.
Maybe this wish is not just a dream for
people in other parts of the world. But here,
where there is neither an astronomy major
nor an instructor, it seems like a dream. We
believe that dreams are possible and if we believe in the beauty of our dreams, they can
become true one day. But unfortunately, we
are living in a society where even dreaming
is restricted for women. Even in dreams we
cannot bravely soar.
FALL 2015
JOURNEY OF HOPE | 27