So proud: next month, Shabana Basij-Rasikh will deliver the commencement address at Roger Williams University, and receive an honorary degree. Roger Williams University #Afghanistan #Rwanda
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Wishing a happy and peaceful #EidAlFitr2024 to all our friends around the world!

Today marks the beginning of #Kwibuka30 . 30 years since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

As Rwandans of course know, but as other readers might not, the word “Kwibuka” is a Kinyarwanda word. It means “To Remember.”

This August will mark three years since SOLA…

To #Afghan girls worldwide: we built SOLAx for you, as an opportunity to continue your educations - and now it's here.

Here's how you join: please watch the demo video here (youtube.com/watch?v=xxu2i-…) and here are the SOLAx numbers you can text to join: +1 2067102626 and +1

SOLAx launches tomorrow. I'm so happy, and so proud, to be able to write that.

It's been months and months of work to build the platform and shape the student experience, and I'm so grateful to Mati Amin, our SOLAx team and our amazing partners.
 
To Mati and to everyone…

Today, @MatiAmin and I want to share answers to a very important question: how does SOLAx work?

On Saturday, when we go live, we'll share numbers that you can text on #WhatsApp that will allow you to enroll. When you text these numbers, you'll start the process that's

This is the news that @MatiAmin and I have been waiting to share with you ever since we were forced into exile in August of 2021.

On Saturday, March 30th– five days from now – @SOLAxonline will go live. #Afghan girls in Afghanistan and anywhere on earth can join SOLAx.…

It’s been 2 years since the Taliban closed girls' schools and told Afghan girls their dreams meant nothing. They have no idea how wrong they are.
Today, we're opening the 2024 admissions season at SOLA. This is the link to our application. forms.gle/Lr7fryVKc2k1dd……

Tomorrow is the day. Tomorrow, the 2024 admissions season opens at SOLA. I’ll be sharing the link to our application here on X, and we’ll be posting it on SOLA’s website. Please help us spread the word! #Afghanistan #Rwanda

Happy #Nowruz to all our friends and supporters around the world, and especially to the women and girls of #Afghanistan . In the diaspora or in our homeland, you are the lights that never go out.

On Saturday, the 2024 admissions season opens at SOLA. Today, I’m…

This is the news I wait all year to share.

On Saturday, March 23rd– six days from now – SOLA will open our admissions season for 2024. We will enroll a new class of #Afghan girls and bring them to SOLA’s campus in #Rwanda .

In 2023, we received nearly 2,000…

Our thanks to Columbia Institute of Global Politics for making this powerful event possible! Columbia | SIPA #Afghanistan

From campus in #Rwanda and with student art, wishing a happy and peaceful #Ramadan to our friends around the world. #Ramadan Kareem #Ramadan Mubarak #Afghanistan

Wishing a happy #InternationalWomensDay2024 to our friends around the world. Today – and every day – we honor the generational bravery of Afghan women and girls. We won’t look away. #IWD #IWD 2024 #Afghanistan #Rwanda

Calling all educators -- come join us on campus in #Rwanda ! We're seeking candidates for several teaching positions: math, science, world history, and more. Visit our jobs page for more details, and help us spread the word!
sola-afghanistan.org/join-sola

Happening today! Shabana Basij-Rasikh joins Hillary Clinton, Columbia | SIPA Dean Keren Prof. Keren Yarhi-Milo, and an extraordinary group of policy leaders at the launch of the Columbia Institute of Global Politics Women's Initiative.

Info below, or watch live on Twitter: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

igp.sipa.columbia.edu/events/womens-…

This #WomensHistoryMonth , I will not look away from the bravery of the #Afghan women and girls fighting for their rights.
At SOLA we believe that girls’ education lifts society to a better place. It drives our work in #Rwanda , and now digitally.
Introducing: SOLAx

A difficult, and important, read. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Human Rights Watch #Afghanistan
gjia.georgetown.edu/2024/02/06/the…

We're hiring at SOLA! Several teaching positions are now open on our #Rwanda campus. Interested in joining us, or know someone who might be? Please help us spread the word! sola-afghanistan.org/join-sola

In a year of darkness, where do you look to find the light?
It's the question I ask on my blog today, as 2023 ends.
I am so grateful for the SOLA global family. To Presidency | Rwanda and the people of #Rwanda , to IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳: thank you.
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