"Even when she lived in Afghanistan, she did not wear a burka as her mother and sisters do. When she was 12, she said, she broke a cultural taboo by sitting with Afghan men to talk politics, encouraged by her father.
She then raised $8,000 in a single night, selling home-cooked Afghan meals to American donors. She used the money to create the 100 Mothers Literacy Program to help educate women in her village.

At first, there was resistance in Afghanistan, she said -- from village elders and the women themselves. The women said they were too old to learn and preferred that the money be used to build toilets.
She said she feared Taliban insurgents or sympathizers would retaliate against them for teaching women -- considered apostasy by some Afghans.
"My dad is one of the best dads ever," she said. "If he was a mean dad, it wouldn't be so hard to say no to him."

Bright sample of courage modern woman from ravaged country where wild customs of stoning still exist.

Let`s hope some relative doesn`t decide she`s betrayed her family`s honor and kill her.

He pointed out that his son and a nephew are married to sisters of Muhibi's betrothed cousin.

Ah, the old "they did it so you should too" way of thinking. That type of reasoning is the driving force behind so much of the world's stupidity.

Yep, collective way of thinking. Fertile ground for social manipulations by crooks in power. It can be mouse trap for entire nations, from history to present time.