by m.zargar1991@gmail.com | Feb 22, 2025 | Nasir(CEO)
Dear Friends, I am writing to share good news about how your generous support is already helping us surpass our original goals. After launching our call for applications on November 11, 2024, with the help of our many allies, in and outside of Afghanistan, we ...
by m.zargar1991@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2024 | chair's corner
It is an honor to be Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alekain Foundation. I join the other Board members in our passion to help provide education for girls in Afghanistan. I served as a U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan from 2011 until 2014...
by m.zargar1991@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2024 | Education
My day begins at 7 AM, with the familiar breakfast routine in a house that holds memories of a different life—one where girls like me once had the right to walk freely to school, sit in classrooms, and dream without restraint. Now, in the country I call home, those...
by m.zargar1991@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2024 | Education
Art—especially acting—has always been taboo in my homeland, Afghanistan. Even before the Taliban, it was considered a daring path, and under their rule, it has become unimaginable –as women, we are obligated to hide our voice, face, and body when leaving our homes;...
by m.zargar1991@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2024 | Education
I was born in 1987 amid a violent war between the Soviet-backed government led by then-President Najibullah Ahmadzai and the Mujahideen. The ensuing and rather devastating civil war that broke out among the many factions of the Mujahideen led to the birth of the...
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