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Interview - Henry Miller Saturday, August 27, 2016 Vol. 2, No. 50 Star Educational Society Weekly Interstellar (adjective): situated or occurring between the stars; conducted, or existing between two or more stars The Significance of Sport - Message by Director of Star Sports Department and Physical Training - greater health and well-being, as well as hold Futsal social, emotional, moral, physical, and tournaments psychological development .In short, to enhance sport has the potential to contribute to the active contribution positive development and stability of both of students and individuals and society as whole. consequently dictate the Star Educational Society is multi- significance of sport for their dimensional and has spread its wings heath and how sport can prove to bring changes in other aspects of our beneficial in efficient learning. people’s lives. Star Educational Society is Futsal tournaments not only an English language institution and its likes help steer away but also a small community of thinkers who youth and society from drug have dedicated themselves to developing addiction and create a sound the potential of talented Afghan youth. environment for the growth Star strives for a sound society and has of an advance community. always encouraged our youth to actively Similarly, we endeavor for quality participate in activities which can push us tournaments and to introduce forward. new emerging talents to the futsal s you all know, sport can bring Star believes that taking part in society and Afghanistan Futsal people together by giving them sports can promote good health and steer Federation to play in national teams. a sense of personal identity, as youth away from the tendency toward For example, Mohammad Yasin, well as feelings of group mem- narcotics and drug abuse. Sports are a Mohsen, Hussain, Hadi, the players bership and social identifica- vital ingredient for better physical and competing in 3rd and 4th Futsal tion.A mental strength and, therefore, Star has tournaments of Stra currently are the Sport holds a prominent place in organized several Futsal tournaments in national Futsal team members and our society and that the consumption, recent years which were highly welcomed struggle to win Afghanistan national valuation, and participation of sports by schools and other educational centers. and international awards. have potential for both positive and Moreover, the auspicious and unique Star Educational Society will negative outcomes and consequences. tournaments held by Star caused Sport hold its 5th Futsal tournament within Keep in mind, however, that sport also has and Olympics Federation Committee a couple of months. Besides, Star incredible potential to serve as a vehicle officials to attend, encourage and honor intends to organize chess and volleyball for positive youth development and social our Futsal tournaments. Besides, many tournament in near future. change. young and motivated athletes joined Star Finally, I can certainly claim that Star Clearly, sport shapes and maintains Futsal Team which is a great success for Educational Society has always been a many social values that are held in high Star community. consistent source of motivation for youths regard ,such as hard work and fair play, self Our intention of initiating and conduct and a big supporter of sport competitions. –discipline , sacrifice, and commitment to of Futsal tournaments are to trigger Let’s be the source of positive change and oneself and others. Research documents enthusiasm in our student community create a sound society. that sport participation can lead to and Star Educational Society students “JOIN US FOR A DIFFERNCE!” to participate in sport. Hence, we now My Struggle Hazara assacre Continues in Free style cycling My G(irls)20 journey One struggle that I feel like I have Afghanistan Interest is obvious on their faces. The It was April 2016 when I received overcome would place of sports has been asphalted. the exciting news that I was selected have to be being less The July 23rd, 2016 We can see as the G(irls)20 shy. Growing up I attack on peaceful obstacles all delegate representing used to be a really Hazara protesters was around area Afghanistan. shy girl who was just the deadliest attack for performing G(irls)20 is a globally very awkward. I feel since the fall of the different active social enterprise like throughout the Taliban regime in movements ... Page 6 years ... Page 2 2001. ... Page 3 ... Page 5 Vol.2, No. 50 Personal Essays and I’ll show you that I can bring it so relentlessly shaking his entire body. Da- down in a minute.” Kabir observed wood’s kite was cut off and he stomped his the blue kite and looked confused, feet on the ground, clenched his shaking “Huh? In a minute?” He said exact- hands and screamed out loud like a roaring The ly what I was thinking. beast. His scream was so loud and scary that The blue kite was momen- it filled my body with dread because I knew tarily flying above Dawood’s kite. It I was the one who would be blamed and I Kite seemed as if its flyer was not look- was the one who would be beaten. back home to grab his shoes, kite, string and ing for a fight, he was simply there I threw the spool down and ran towards spool and headed towards the hills with his to fly. The blue kite rode the winds almost an unknown direction. I kept running as friends. like a free bird. As the runner graciously fast as I could, I kept running until I recog- I overheard the boys’ conversation pulled it out of the skies, I heard the famil- nized the lack of air in my lungs, I kept run- while swinging myself from the branch of iar sound that kites make against the air, al- ning till my lungs hurt so badly that I could the apple tree. As they were leaving, I let go most as if someone was tearing paper right hardly breathe. I could have run to catch the of the tree branch and followed them. How- in my ear. It sounded just as sharp as the kite but doing so was the least I could care ever, when Dawood noticed me, he threw a noise that made my mother furious when about. “Come back here! You idiot, this is stone toward me, “Where do you think you it woke her up from her afternoon nap. I all your fault!” I could hear his voice, I could are going, Qadoo?” my brother shouted at never thought of it as an unpleasant sound hear the sound of his footsteps, I could hear me with his usual furious voice, “Go back but any sound can be unpleasant when it him breathing heavily like a beast running home! Why don’t you go play with kids doesn’t allow you to sleep. after me. “Stop or I will kill you, you little your own age?” I was only one year younger I knew why my brother chose that blue fool!” than him, but unlike Kabir and Mahmood kite. To him, it seemed like the kite was I ran and ran, I felt like I could continue who were almost equal in height, I was a flown by a little boy who didn’t know how running away from him for the rest of my head shorter than him. This gave them the to fight another kite, a little boy who was just life. I ran from one street to another, I stag- pretext to call me Qadoo a nickname that trying to keep the kite up in the air, nothing gered through the wide streets to enter the means short. more. Dawood always liked to fight those narrow ones, I didn’t know where I was I stopped and pretended to go back, that were weaker than him so that he could heading until I was faced with the dead end but I continued walking after them slowly. easily beat them. But this time, he had cho- of a street. I wanted to see what would happen, how sen the wrong challenger because that little There was no way out, I was breath- About the author: Nafis Ayazi is a Star many kites my brother could hunt or if he boy wasn’t as weak as he originally thought. ing hardly, barely able to stand on my own Alumna who is passionate about painting. would get hunted himself. “Qadoo, release more string, hurry up,” he two feet. I slowly turned around She recently started her studies at Parul Uni- After they prepared their kites and shouted at me with his ambitious tone. I expecting versity in Gujarat, India where she is major- strings, Mahmood decided to hold Kabir’s did as he asked me to, prepared the line to be met ing in Fine Arts. spool in order to help him fly his kite. Kabir’s as he got closer to the blue kite. Getting with my bright red kite was connected to its long closer to that kite was like trying to catch brother’s fu- It was a warm, yet windy afternoon, a yellow tail and while Dawood’s kite was a a rooster that was running off from a fight. rious face, my usual for the summers in Kabul. I sat under muted yellow that lacked a tail, it was vastly Dawood’s yellow colored kite kept brother who an apple tree and gazed at the colorful kites bigger than his friend’s.