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Transcript/ScriptAfghan University Student Profile
HEADLINE: Taliban Ban Puts Afghan Law Student's Dreams on Hold
TEASER: Despite the Taliban’s order preventing women from attending university, Samira Gawhari still intends on obtaining her degree
PUBLISHED AT: 01/23/2023 at 9:30 pm
BYLINE: VOA News (Freelancer in Afghanistan wants to stay anonymous)
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DATELINE: Kabul, Afghanistan
VIDEOGRAPHER: VOA
VIDEO EDITOR: VOA
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, Reifenrath
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original |
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TRT: 2:05
VID APPROVED BY: Holly Franko
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[[Samira Gawhari was studying law at Kabul University when the Taliban took power in 2021. Because of Taliban laws, she can no longer attend university, but she says she is determined to finish her degree. VOA’s Afghan Service spoke with her about her future in this story narrated by Nazrana Ghaffar Yousufzai.]]
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Twenty-two-year-old Samira Gawhari, a fourth-year law student at Kabul University, was taking her final exams when she heard last month that the ruling Taliban government ordered universities in Afghanistan to immediately suspend the access of female students to higher education until further notice.
((Samira Gawhari)) ((Female in Dari)) “I was really shocked to hear the news. I could not believe it. I could not accept it until I went to the university the next day to take the exam, but the doors were closed to us."
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The news was devastating.
((Samira Gawhari)) ((Female in Dari))
“I will never forget that day. We cried a lot and were very disappointed.”
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Gawhari, who wanted to become a lawyer to defend women’s rights, says that under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan have no rights.
((Samira Gawhari)) ((Female in Dari))
“We lost our fundamental rights – rights to education, work and individual freedom in Afghanistan, unfortunately.”
((NARRATOR))
A few days after banning women from universities, the Taliban banned domestic and foreign nongovernmental groups working in the country from employing women.
The Taliban, who seized power in August 2021, have imposed increasingly repressive measures on women, including banning them from education, work, traveling long distances without a close male relative, and going to parks and gyms.
With all the restrictions, Gawhari has to stay home, but she is determined to continue her studies.
((Samira Gawhari)) ((Female in Dari))
“I take online courses offered by some well-known institutions. Besides that, I read books that I am interested in and could help me achieve my goals.”
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She still hopes that one day she will finish her law degree and work as a lawyer in Afghanistan.
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