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English Section: Articles, Poetry and Fiction

Article 1: Different, But Equal

Zara, a 14-year-old girl of identical looks of Ahmed, her twin brother often daydreamed to

be a doctor Ahmed was the one who was engaged to pursue his studies, while Zara faced

quite a reality. Her father thought that school was only for boys and girls had to help with
making food and cleaning dishes. Their school had numerous issues like overcrowded

classrooms, most of the desks were broken, and a lack of books. Some young girls had
already quit school and were forced to marry at an early age. In this hard time of misery,

Miss Amina, a new teacher, became a ray of hope for Zara.

One day, Ahmed got sick and skipped school. This was the moment when Zara saw her

chance to act. She changed her clothes and went to school. She was happy but suddenly
her father came. He got mad, pulled Zara back home and started to scold her as if she

had committed a crime.

As a result of that, Zara thought that nothing was ever going to change knowing that she
had lost it all. But Ahmed, however, after seeing how much courage Zara had, decided

and announced that he would not go to school if Zara was not allowed. Their mother

finally noticed that the connection between the twins spoke up. She also stated that girls
could be the change-makers, because just like Zara she was also never allowed to study.

Days later when Zara was working at home a bell rang, Miss Amina who had noticed the

inequality talked to Zara’s parents and favored her, slowly the father’s behavior was
changing and on Zara’s birthday he finally surprised her by allowing her to go to school.

Years later Zara and Ahmed came back as doctors and made a school for children like
them.

The moral is beautifully depicted in a poem:

Why must she wait while he moves ahead?