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Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free
About this film
Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In an eye-opening, personal talk, Akhtar recounts how the opportunity to get an education altered the course of her life — and ultimately changed the culture of her village, where today every young girl goes to school.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;activism;children;education;gender;inequality;motivation;personal growth;potential;social change;society;women;TED2017;2017
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