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Engineering is my unfinished dream



Studying civil engineering in a country like Afghanistan was like a dream for girls because this field was not very popular among girls due to the difficulty of the subjects and closed calculations. And also in the university, less number of girls study in this department, and because of the high score of the entrance exam, many successful people could not study in this field. But I was the first girl in my family who got the highest score in the exam in civil engineering and it was very wonderful for me to succeed in this field and it was a great experience for me as a girl in the department I am a civil engineer. But with the change in the situation in Afghanistan, it was not possible for me to carry out my duties in this field.  But during my studies, when Afghanistan was peaceful, I participated in more engineering projects.  When I was in the third grade of engineering, I went to the Ministry of Urban Development in Kabul, which is the center of Afghanistan, as an intern and worked as a volunteer and gained experience in this department.  In this ministry, I was the only daughter who worked in the construction department, and all the other employees were men. But even with this gender injustice, I was able to succeed and actively participated in the projects. Among other things, I participated in the construction project of a mosque in Kabul city. And I took part in the construction project of a school in Parwan province, where I volunteered with the officials of this department and spent my practical course for a year and gained a lot of experience.  But with the Talib regime, I no longer had the right to go to the ministry and university, and I had to drop out of school. But again, I did not give up on my goals and always worked in the engineering department.

A school building in a province of Afghanistan
A school building in a province of Afghanistan
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