See Inside Quote of the Week 2. Short Story “There is power in under- 3. Essays standing the journey of oth- 5. News ers to help create your own.” 6. Star related 7. Literary Kobe Bryant 8. Interview Saturday, August 11, 2018 Vol. 2, No. 91 Star Educational Society Weekly Interstellar (adjective): situated or occurring between the stars; conducted, or existing between two or more stars The Role of Teaching in Human Development A message from Rajab Ali Ahmadi, Star Teacher Training Instructor eaching, in relative to hu- man life, has always been Ta vital factor in human de- velopment. Teaching has led us to modernity, a must-have neces- sity of human beings. For example, people in the past used to live in the coasts and didn’t know how to live, how to save their leftover food, and how to even communicate with each other. It was then when everyone thought of a solution for this disaster. The solution to save them was teaching. 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Inside A Solution or the Beginning of an Ethnic Using Technology My mother is a great Why female suicide in Crisis in the Afghan for Decent Services role model for success Afghanistan is so prevalent Parliamentary Elections? |Page 2| |Page 3| |Page 5| |Page 8| Vol.2, No. 91 Short Story My mother is a great role model for success Gulchaman Moghul A short story ike other Afghan mothers, my short time because we were attend- anyone’s help.” hero, to have goals in life, to make a mother had also a lot of hard- ing school as well and at home there Mom! You are great because significant life by setting goals. Lships while she inhabited Jag- were a lot of responsibilities like: weeks ago I read your letter and it If I write about your life story, it hori. As she tells us her story of her housekeeping, washing clothes, was awesome. I really enjoyed read- would be a book, so I want to just life, she sacrificed her life for raising dishes, etc. She was doing all house ing it. Words of your letter come to mention some important points her 8 children. She has mentioned work and task alone in order to let my mind and now I have a picture of about your life and about your hard- about not being any school for us be free to study. a champion mother of the world in work. girls and women. Moreover, people We lived for 13 years in Pakistan my soul and mind. Mom, when you open your book were ashamed of girls’ presence at and after that we came back to Af- Mom, you give hope not only to to read, it makes me think big and be schools. ghanistan and Kabul. Last year, my your children but also to everyone. strong or when you go somewhere, When Taliban attacked Afghani- mother began her studies again. You have a serious problem and you start to read boards which gives stan, we migrated to Pakistan, where She really succeeded because she pain in your waist but you never me hope. Mom, certainly, you make fortunately my mother could attend reached her goals. Now she can surrendered. I am always impressed mistakes with your reading and a literacy center to get education. read and write a bit. As she has been when I watch you lie down and read writing but day by day you are get- She was very interested in reading asked," what is your aim of study- your book because you would feel ting better. Therefore, my mother is and writing. For sure, my father has ing?" She has responded, "I want to pain in your waist if you sit for long a great role model for success. had his role in her success. So my write letter, I want to read and write time. mother attended her study for a and I want to make calls without Mom, you teach us to live like a Instructor: Murtaza Farjad Course Timing: 07:00- 08:00AM, 04:00- 05:00PM (Saturday Through Wednesday) Course Duration: 2 months Page 2 August 11th, 2018 Essays Vol.2, No. 91 Why female suicide in Afghanistan is so prevalent By Sana Safi| BBC Afghan Service| https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44370711 Jamila (not her real name) attempted suicide after she felt abandoned and betrayed by her fiancé - who decided, after a six-year-engagement, that he no longer wanted to marry her because she was "not a young woman any more". The figure is almost twice as high as "One cause of female suicide is proper strategy for suicide prevention the year before, when some 1,000 sui- abuse, most of it starts in the family - in place. cide attempts were recorded. for example forced marriages, [wom- Some, like Dr Nabil Faqiryar, be- Globally, there are more male sui- en] not being listened to and being lieve there is a need for a "nationwide cides than female suicides - but in Af- stopped from continuing their educa- plan to acknowledge the motives and ghanistan it is estimated that 80% of tion", says Ms Nuristani. causes behind women's suicides", so suicide attempts are made by women. According to a Unicef report, a that the mental health crisis can be ef- The AIHRC warns the number third of Afghan girls are married before fectively tackled. of attempted suicides could be even their 18th birthday. Afghan health officials in Kabul say higher, "as many people in Afghani- Poverty and lack of job opportu- they have outlined a national preven- stan do not report suicide to authori- nities are also reported by women as tion plan which includes giving access ties for a variety of reasons". some of their biggest concerns, as stat- to therapy centres to those suffering Many people in religious rural ar- ed in the Survey of the Afghan People, from mental health problems. Sana Safi eas keep suicide attempts within their released by the Asia Foundation in The Ministry of Public Health says families to themselves, as taking one's 2017. it is gathering data to design an action amila is 18 - and her family ar- life is stigmatised and considered un- Dangerous substances plan. ranged her engagement when she Islamic. There does not seem to be one The WHO has also made a link be- The next task for the country's hu- Jwas just 12. She was taken to a hos- single reason for Afghanistan's high tween easy access to poison and in- man rights commission, according pital in Herat by her mother and treat- female attempted suicide rate. creased suicide rates. to Ms Nuristani, is to "expand aware- ed for poisoning last month.