Nasreen'sSecretSchool 720p

00:06:24
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Summary

TLDRThe story is about a young girl, Nazarene, living in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. Despite the oppressive regime forbidding girls to receive education, Nazarene's grandmother learns of a secret school for girls. She takes Nazarene there, where, amidst fear of being discovered, Nazarene slowly begins to open up and learns reading, writing, and arithmetic, just like the artists and scholars of ancient heret. The clandestine learning experience helps Nazarene overcome her silence and find a smile again after the traumatic loss of her parents inviting readers to appreciate the resilience and hope education brings even in the direst circumstances. The story reflects the strength and determination of those who seek to preserve knowledge in the face of overwhelming oppression.

Takeaways

  • 🌍 Afghanistan's history of rich culture has been overshadowed by Taliban rule.
  • 🚫 Under Taliban regime, girls are forbidden to attend school.
  • 🔒 A secret school offers hope and knowledge to Nazarene.
  • 🕯️ Nazarene's silence and despair are lifted by the chance to learn.
  • 📚 Knowledge becomes a beacon of hope amidst oppression.
  • 👭 Friendship helps Nazarene break her silence.
  • 💡 Learning in secret symbolizes resilience against tyranny.
  • 🏠 The secret school provides a safe haven for young girls.
  • 👩‍🏫 Girls learn to read, write, and about cultural heritage covertly.
  • 👐 Education offers Nazarene a sense of belonging and hope.
  • 🌌 The grandmother's determination ensures Nazarene's education.
  • 💭 Despite uncertainty, knowledge empowers and gives clarity.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:06:24

    The story centers around Nazarene, a girl in Afghanistan, living in an ancient city once full of art and learning, now overshadowed by the Taliban's rule, which forbids girls from going to school. Nazarene's father is taken away by soldiers, creating a situation of fear and longing as her mother defies restrictions to search for him. Meanwhile, Nazarene remains silent, deeply missing her parents. Her grandmother hears about a secret school and decides to enroll Nazarene, hoping she will find her voice and learn about the world. Despite initial silence at school, Nazarene gradually opens up, finds friendship through shared whispers with a classmate, and ultimately finds joy as she learns to read and expand her world. Her knowledge becomes a source of empowerment, offering hope and friendship in a restrictive society.

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Video Q&A

  • What is Nazarene's living situation in Afghanistan?

    She lives with her grandmother in an ancient city, where art, music, and learning once thrived.

  • Why can't Nazarene attend school initially?

    Girls are forbidden to attend school by the Taliban soldiers who don't want them to learn about the world.

  • What happens to Nazarene’s parents?

    Her father is taken away by soldiers, and her mother goes searching for him despite restrictions on women.

  • How does Nazarene end up attending school?

    Her grandmother learns of a secret school for girls and decides to take Nazarene there.

  • What was Nazarene's condition before attending school?

    She was silent and did not speak or smile after her father's arrest.

  • How do the students attend the secret school without being caught?

    They enter and exit at different times, and boys distract the soldiers when necessary.

  • What subjects does Nazarene learn at the secret school?

    She learns to read, write, add, subtract and about artists, writers, scholars, and mystics of heret.

  • How does Nazarene change after attending the school?

    She begins to speak, smile, and shares her new knowledge with her grandmother, feeling less alone.

  • What does the secret school symbolize for Nazarene and her grandmother?

    It symbolizes hope and the enduring power of knowledge and education amidst oppression.

  • What role does Mina play in Nazarene’s life?

    Mina sits next to Nazarene and is the first person Nazarene speaks to after a long silence.

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    Nazarene secret School a true story from
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    Afghanistan by Janette
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    winter my granddaughter Nazarene lives
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    with me and he it an ancient city in
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    Afghanistan art and music and learning
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    once flourished
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    here the soldiers came and changed
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    everything the art and music and
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    learning are gone dark clouds hang over
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    the
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    city poor nazarine sat at home all
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    day because girls are forbidden to
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    attend school the Taliban soldiers don't
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    want girls to learn about the world the
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    way nazar's Mama and I learned when we
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    were
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    girls one night soldiers came to our
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    house and took my R away with no
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    explanation we waited many days and
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    nights for his
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    return finally nazar's frantic mother
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    went searching for him even though going
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    out alone in the streets was forbidden
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    for women and
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    girls the full moon passed our window
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    many times as Nazarene and I
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    waited Nazarene never spoke a word she
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    never smiled she just sat waiting for
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    her mama and papa to
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    return I knew that I had to do
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    something I heard whispers about a
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    school a secret School for Girls behind
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    a Green Gate in a nearby
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    Lane I wanted nazarine to attend this
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    secret school I wanted her to learn
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    about the world as I had I wanted her to
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    speak
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    again so one day nazarine and I hurried
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    down the lanes until we came to the
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    Green Gate luckily no Soldier saw
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    us I tapped lightly the teacher opened
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    the gate and we quickly slipped
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    inside we crossed the courtyard to the
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    school
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    one room in a private house filled with
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    girls nazarine took a place in the back
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    of the
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    room please Allah open her eyes to the
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    world I prayed as I left her
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    there nazarine didn't speak to the other
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    girls she didn't speak to the
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    teacher at home she remained
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    [Music]
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    silent I was fearful that the soldiers
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    would discover the
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    school but the girls were
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    clever they slipped in and out of the
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    school at different times so as not to
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    arouse
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    suspicion and when boys saw soldiers
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    near the gate they distracted
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    them I heard of a soldier who pounded on
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    the gate demanding to
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    enter but all he found was a room filled
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    with girls reading the
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    Quran which was
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    allowed the girls had hidden their
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    schoolwork outwitting the
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    soldier one of the girls Mina sat next
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    to Nazarene every day but they never
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    spoke to each
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    other while the girls were learning
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    Nazarene stayed inside
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    herself my worry was deep
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    when school closed for The Long Winter
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    recess Nazarene and I sat by the fire
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    relatives gave us what food and firewood
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    they could
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    spare we missed her mama and my son more
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    than
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    ever would we ever know what had
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    happened the day Nazarene returned to
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    school Mina whispered in her
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    ear and Nazarene was whispered
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    back with those words her first since
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    her mama went searching Nazarene opened
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    her heart to
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    [Music]
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    Mina and she smiled for the first time
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    since her papa was taken
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    away at last little by little day by day
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    Nazarene learned to read to to write to
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    add and
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    subtract each night she showed me what
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    she had discovered that
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    day Windows opened for nazarine in that
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    little school
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    room she learned about the artists and
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    writers and Scholars and Mystics who
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    long ago Made heret
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    Beautiful nazarine no longer feels
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    alone the knowledge she holds inside
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    will always be with her like a good
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    friend now she can see Blue Sky Beyond
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    those dark
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    clouds as for me my mind is at
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    ease I still wait for my son and his
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    wife but the soldiers can never close
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    the windows that have opened for my
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    granddaughter insha Allah
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    [Music]
Tags
  • Afghanistan
  • Taliban
  • secret school
  • education
  • Nazarene
  • oppression
  • hope
  • girls' education
  • learning
  • resilience