Join the IE program in welcoming Pashtana Durrani to speak about her journey from refugee to educator and how she built LEARN Afghanistan, the country’s first digital school network for girls under Taliban rule.
Drawing on her memoir, Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women, she will connect personal narrative with debates on education, gender, power, and international solidarity in conflict zones.
Pashtana Durrani is an Afghan feminist, activist, and educator, and the founder of LEARN Afghanistan, a digital school network that has provided education to a large number of Afghan children and women despite Taliban restrictions. She is co-author of the memoir Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women and is currently an International Scholar in Residence at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Durrani holds an MA in education from Harvard University.
