8B_Shabana Basij Rasikh and SOLA

Where was Shabana Basij Rasikh born?

• Iran

• Syria

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

How old was Shabana when the Tailban took over Afghanistan?

• Shabana was 12 years old.

• Shabana was 6 years old.

• Shabana was 17 years old.

• Shabana was 11 years old.

Why was Shabana's grandfather disowned by his father?

• To distract the Taliban from finding out that they were going to secret schools.

• The Taliban did not allow girls to go to school.

• Shabana's grandfather made sure his daughter got an education.

• Shabana dressed up as a boy and accompanied her sister.

What did Shabana do when the Taliban demanded women wear the burqa and be accompanied by a male when going outside?

• To distract the Taliban from finding out that they were going to secret schools.

• The Taliban did not allow girls to go to school.

• Shabana's grandfather made sure his daughter got an education.

• Shabana dressed up as a boy and accompanied her sister.

Why did Shabana have to go to secret schools?

• To distract the Taliban from finding out that they were going to secret schools.

• The Taliban did not allow girls to go to school.

• Shabana's grandfather made sure his daughter got an education.

• The Taliban demanded women wear the burqa and be accompanied by a male when going outside.

Where did Shabana finish high school?

• Kabul, Afghanistan

• Kabul's secret schools

• U.S. through the State Department's Youth Exchange Studies program

• At home

Where did she go to university?

• Middlebury College in Vermont in the United States

• University of Kabul in Afghanistan

• Kabul University in Afghanistan

• Oxford University in England

What did Shabana study at Middlebury College?

• Internal Studies and Women & Gender Studies

• Economics

• Education

• Public Policy

What was Shabana's solution to the following problem:  Many schools in Kabul, Afghanistan had been destroyed during the Taliban regime?

• SOLA moved to Rwanda to provide a study abroad educational program for Afghan girls.

• Shabana started her NGO, SOLA, to provide Afghani girls an opportunity to go to school.

• Many girls, including Shabana, went to secret schools in people's homes.

• Shabana would dress up as a boy to act as her sister's male chaperone.

What problem needed this solution:  SOLA moved to Rwanda to provide a study abroad educational program for Afghan girls?

• The Taliban did not allow girls to go to school.

• The Taliban did not allow females to go out without a burqa and a male.

• In the summer of 2021, the Taliban government again took power in Afghanistan.

• Many schools in Kabul, Afghanistan had been destroyed during the Taliban regime.