'Twenty years ago I made the film Beneath the Veil. I filmed undercover in the Taliban's Kabul. I saw young girls risking their lives to learn to read and write. Please don't abandon this generation of Afghan girls. Donate to provide books to Afghan women and girls - please let them know they are not forgotten and that they have a future.

'At the Idries Shah Foundation, we and our partners, Hoopoe Books, are looking for new ways to carry on our work, trying to educate women and girls both inside Afghanistan and among the millions of refugees who will now be forced to leave their homeland yet again.'

 

Read Saira's full article on CNN.

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Afghan children reading Idries Shah Children's books
Afghan children reading Idries Shah Children's books
Afghan children reading Idries Shah Children's books