Word: ahmadyar
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...Educating Afghan Girls As a teenager, I was deeply moved by 12-year-old Lida Ahmadyar's resolve to be a doctor [Jan. 28]. I am distressed that children in the developed world seem to take school for granted and those being led astray show little interest in studying. While we spend our time sporting our latest gadgets, perhaps we should think about children like Lida in other regions of the world. Jackie Lai Yan-ki, Hong Kong
...teenager, I was deeply moved by 12-year-old Lida Ahmadyar's resolve to be a doctor. I am distressed that children in the developed world seem to take school for granted and those being led astray show little interest in studying. While we spend our time sporting our latest gadgets, perhaps we should think about children like Lida in other regions of the world. Jackie Lai Yan-ki, SAI KUNG, HONG KONG
...Educating Afghan Girls Re your story on efforts to persuade Afghan parents to send their daughters to school: As a teenager, I was deeply moved by 12-year-old Lida Ahmadyar's resolve to be a doctor [Jan. 28]. I am distressed that children in the developed world seem to take school for granted and that some show little interest in studying. While we spend our time playing with our gadgets, perhaps we should think about children like Lida in other regions of the world. Jackie Lai Yan-ki, Sai Kung, Hong Kong...
...Afghanistan has any reason for hope, it is the sheer determination of the girls who do have a chance to go to school. Lida Ahmadyar, 12, whose sister was one of the girls killed in the Logar shooting, has started going back to school. Every day she walks past the spot where her sister died, but she clings to her dream of becoming a doctor. "I am afraid," she says. "But I like school because I am learning something, and that will make me important. With education, I can save my country." If enough of Afghanistan's girls...
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