The Global Search for Education: A New House of Books for Kabul

“I read because I wanted to find a safe space away from all the turmoil around me, and I found that space amidst pages of books. They gave me peace, strength and wings to fly away from bombs and rockets that kept falling.”  —  Sajia Darwish

Although Sajia Darwish is only a junior at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, she has accomplished more than most do in an entire lifetime. Darwish is driven by two things: first, her love of her home country, a place devastated by war, poverty, illiteracy, and extremism in the name of religion; and second, a passion for learning. Yet despite all the challenges, her dedication to justice and progress through literacy gave her the strength to overcome innumerable obstacles and open Baale Parwaz Library (BPL) this summer in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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