By Nicole Precel
For most Australian children, school is a place to learn and to socialise. But for Khurshid Mohammadi, attending classes is an act of defiance.
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, women鈥檚 rights were eroded, including access to education.
鈥淚 was crying, it was unbelievable. Families were scared of the Taliban taking women from their houses,鈥 said Mohammadi, 21. 鈥淚t changed the dreams of women all over Afghanistan.鈥
But she, along with 120 other female refugees and asylum seekers, found hope and a community on the other side of the world at River Nile School, a small independent school in North Melbourne.