Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.
The hopes of girls in Afghanistan were dashed when secondary schools closed mere hours after the Taliban had reopened them.
Following the Taliban seizing control of Afghanistan in 2021, there were fears that they'd shut down formal education for girls as they had during their 1996 to 2001 regime.
Their moves to allow girls to return to primary schools just weeks after taking control gave cause to question whether this regime would take a different stance.
7 months on, students were overjoyed at the decision to reopen girls' secondary schools.
Satayesh is a grade 12 student.
But within hours, students were left distraught as their schools were forced to resume their closure.
Since the education ministry offered no coherent explanation for the reversal in policy, it's believed to be due to pressure exerted by senior, more reactionary figures.
The decision prompted dozens of women and girls to take to the streets of Kabul in protest.
Although previous demonstrations had led to women being detained, the strength of feelings runs high.
The international community has made women's right to education a sticking point in negotiations over recognition of the new regime, with some nations even offering to finance teachers themselves.
Student Sahar hopes that their voices will be heard.
Add to homescreen