ld Nazifa likes to study. She especially likes mathematics; even during her fre
e time she tries to go through some lessons. Free time is of course scarce, because mother needs to be helped taking care of her little sisters and brothers. Nazifa dreams of working as an engineer or a doctor. The young girl believes that her dream can be a reality – for she has seen with her own eyes in the village clinic a female Afghan nurse working there.Today Nazifa is bowing over the holy book. Over one book a bevy of girls is found, as there are not enough books for all of the students. Unfamiliar with the circumstances you may think that this is a singing class, actually it's a Koran class: the teacher sings the hol
y text first and the girls rep
eat together after the teacher.Afghanistan is an Islamic republic, the religion plays a very important role in this country – and so the children start studying the Holy Koran already from the first class and until the ninth class. To understand the holy book in its original scripture and not as a translation, Arabic must be studied also.
Islam is not only important as book wisdom; it actually determines opportunities and gives behavioral guidelines for everyday life, whether it is marriage, eating or prayer. In Afghanistan it is customary for th
e women to pray at home. This rule has exceptions. For example, in Mazar-e
Sharif, women and children also are allowed to enter the famous Shrine of Hazrat Ali (called Blue Mosque as well). Amazingly peaceful atmosphere of this shrine is the destination of many a family's pilgrimage; here you can meet people from all over Afghanistan. In this beautiful shrine built during Timurid era you can find serious men praying, children wearing their Sunday clothes eagerly feeding holy white doves, or women with their children heading towards the tomb of the saint Hazrat Ali.
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