SOLA explained

School of Leadership Afghanistan or SOLA is an all-girls boarding school in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was founded by Shabana Basij-Rasikh.^{[1] [2]} It is the first boarding school for girls in Afghanistan.^[3]

After the Afghan government fell and the Taliban seized control in 2021, Shabana Basij-Rasikh destroyed the records of her students to avoid the Taliban from getting them.^{[4] [5]}

Shabana Basij-Rasikh stated

On 24 August 2021 it was announced that the school had temporarily relocated to Rwanda in the previous week, with 250 students and staff.^{[6] [7] [8]}

External links

• SOLA School of Leadership Afghanistan Official Website
• Opinion: I founded a girls’ school in Afghanistan. Don’t let our stories disappear as they have before. (Shabana Basij-Rasikh, Washington Post, Sept. 1, 2021)

Notes and References

1. News: From secret school to Afghanistan's future . BBC News . 23 March 2014 . 22 August 2021 . Coughlan. Sean.
2. News: Daugherty . Susan . A Native Daughter Returns to Afghanistan on Daring Mission: Educating Girls . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225171017/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/141209-afghanistan-girls-education-women-taliban-world . dead . February 25, 2021 . 24 August 2021 . National Geographic . December 10, 2014.
3. News: Smith . Casey . Inside the Afghan School Where Girls Can Dress Like Girls . https://web.archive.org/web/20210824045455/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/afghanistan-education-bachaposh-women-shabana-basij-rasikh . dead . August 24, 2021 . 24 August 2021 . National Geographic . June 19, 2017.
4. Web site: Co-founder of all-girls Afghan school burns her students' records amid dread . Hindustan Times . 22 August 2021 . 22 August 2021 . Sohini Goswam.
5. Web site: Afghanistan’s Only All-Girls Boarding School Fears the Return of the Taliban . The New Yorker . 19 July 2021 . 22 August 2021 . Dorothy Wickenden.
6. News: Princewill . Nimi . Feleke . Bethlehem . Busari . Stephanie . All students, staff at Afghanistan's only girls' boarding school flee to Rwanda . 2 September 2021 . CNN . August 25, 2021.
7. Web site: August 24: An update from Shabana. . SOLA . 25 August 2021.
8. News: McVeigh . Karen . ‘Don’t avert your eyes’: Afghan teachers urge world to defend girls’ education . 25 August 2021 . The Guardian . 25 August 2021 . en.