Amid Taliban¡¯s Order On Women¡¯s Varsity Ban, Afghan Professor Tears His Diploma On Live TV
The professor flaunts every one of his award diplomas in a now-viral TV clip. One by one, he tears them to pieces.
A professor at Kabul University tore up his diplomas on live television, declaring that he does not accept credentials since his "mother and sister can't study."
The professor flaunts every one of his award diplomas in a now-viral TV clip. One by one, he tears them to pieces.
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Former policy advisor to Afghanistan's Minister of Refugees & Resettlement, Shabnam Nasimi, shared the clip and wrote:
Astonishing scenes as a Kabul university professor destroys his diplomas on live TV in Afghanistan ¡ª
¡ª Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 27, 2022
¡°From today I don¡¯t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. If my sister & my mother can¡¯t study, then I DON¡¯T accept this education.¡± pic.twitter.com/cTZrpmAuL6
"Astonishing scenes as a Kabul university professor destroys his diplomas on live TV in Afghanistan. "From today, I don't need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. 'If my sister and mother can't study, I DON'T ACCEPT THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM,'" she quoted the Professor as saying.
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Netizens are in awe of the Professor's brave move.
He is being the ally the girls and women so richly deserve. ?? https://t.co/v9rBiSdv6A
¡ª Kenyatta O ??????????? (@Blissful49) December 28, 2022
Thank you for raising your voice and standing up for women¡¯s rights and equality. https://t.co/WahBxwQtq3
¡ª Dr. Syra Madad (@syramadad) December 28, 2022
How to be an ally, Part 2. https://t.co/me30ci4tGP
¡ª Dr. Bast (@BastsBest) December 28, 2022
It¡¯s so so sad. May he stay safe. https://t.co/gXaf03rItf
¡ª Tracey Roberts (@TraceyR64968698) December 28, 2022
What real protest looks like. What being an ally looks like. ????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ??? https://t.co/JbbkWkfd8P
¡ª Dr.Medusa (@ms_medusssa) December 28, 2022
This is so powerful to see Afghan men standing up for Afghan women. The Taliban leaders must reverse their decision on girls education. They are destroying the country with their backward edicts against women. https://t.co/BxODRi6QD8
¡ª Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) December 28, 2022
What a brave man!
¡ª Steve Chappell (@SteveChappell9) December 28, 2022
Are the Taliban intent on reversing any progress Afghanistan has made back to the stone age?
When men demonstrate their antipathy towards the repressive measures in this way, will they sit up and take notice? https://t.co/gHpYIVzSBr
?????? Solidarity is the only way, people. And by ¡°people¡± I mean men, of course. https://t.co/dGOPSyZw9x
¡ª Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) December 28, 2022
Imagine the courage it took for this husband and father to take such a stand for women and girls in #Afghanistan.
¡ª Tracy Dempsey #WomenLifeFreedom (@TracyDempsey) December 28, 2022
And there are still so many men in the UK/Ireland/elsewhere staying silent on the rapid dismantling of W+G¡¯s rights by Queer Theorists.
Thanks to the few vocal ones. https://t.co/Zw0ltlAwZz
Nasimi is the executive director of the Conservative Friends of Afghanistan, a group in the United Kingdom that works to raise support for Afghanistan and awareness of it.
Twenty years after U.S. forces had driven the Taliban out of Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, in August of last year, they came back to control the country.
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When the Taliban first came to power, they promised a more compassionate regime.
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However, their actions contradicted their promises, as restrictions were gradually imposed on all aspects of women's lives.
The Taliban's decision last week to stop Afghan women from going to college caused a lot of anger.
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"You are all informed to immediately implement the mentioned order of suspending female education until further notice," Neda Mohammad Nadeem, Minister of Higher Education, said in a letter to all government and private universities.
Before the ban was put in place, there had been several changes to the rules at the institution, such as putting in separate entrances and bathrooms for men and women.
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In addition, female students may only attend courses taught by either female faculty or older males.
Secondary school enrollment is low because most teenage girls have been barred from attending secondary education.
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