A message for a new year.

What a year this has been. What a truly amazing year.

Shabana Basij-RasikhDecember 31, 2018

Shabana's letter to The New York Times

The text of Shabana’s published letter in The New York Times.

Shabana Basij-RasikhNovember 13, 2018

Four years, one month, and two weeks.

130 million girls are out of school worldwide. Let me put that number in perspective.

Shabana Basij-RasikhSeptember 21, 2018

Admissions time at SOLA.

It’s admissions season at SOLA, and we’re looking for our 6th grade class for 2019.

Shabana Basij-RasikhSeptember 13, 2018

If I asked you to name one of the most effective ways to combat climate change, what would your answer be?

Shabana Basij-RasikhAugust 1, 2018

To be a girl in Afghanistan.

63% of the teenage girls in my country can’t do what you’re doing right now.

Shabana Basij-RasikhJuly 6, 2018

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