I Dressed Like a Boy So I Could Go to School
Thursday, January 19, 2017 16:26
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By Zahra Joya / Sahar Speaks
At 5 years old, Zahra Joya knew she couldn’t end up like her mother and grandmother. So for six years, she attended school as a boy named “Mohammed” to escape the cycle of illiteracy in her Afghan village.
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