Telegraph Women

"When the Taliban returned to power in August, banning women and girls from receiving an education, I began receiving anxious messages from Afghan girls who had been awaiting the results of their important university entrance exams," Ghayour said

"I felt I had to do something, because a victim of violence must be able to prevent others from becoming victims themselves"

"So the day after the Taliban’s takeover, on August 15, I used social media and Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, to set up an online school"

"The school now has 1,300 students aged seven to 35 and more than 500 highly-qualified, Persian-speaking teachers. "We run hundreds of classes and daily lessons take place via Skype, Zoom, and Telegram"

"Subjects include maths, science, politics, economics, and astronomy. "We also teach music, art, sculpting and 17 different languages"

"Although attending the school could put the students in danger, they remain determined to learn. "Unlike me, the girls in Afghanistan today were not born in war; they have experienced democracy, freedom and education and they don’t want to lose that"