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This week on TED.com September 26, 2015

Talk of the week Sakena Yacoobi: How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school 17:03 minutes · Filmed May 2015 · Posted Sep 2015 · TEDWomen 2015 When the Taliban closed all the girls' schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of girls and boys. In this fierce, funny talk, she tells jaw-dropping stories about two times she was threatened to stop teaching -- and shares a vision for rebuilding education in her beloved country. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks from inspiring teachers A great teacher can change the trajectory of a student's life. These nine talks celebrate the power, passion and commitment of teaching. Watch » 9 TED Talks • Total run time 1:40:37

More TED Talks Scott Dinsmore quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you — and then getting started doing it. Watch » In a disturbing — but fascinating — walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanity's strange relationship with public executions … and specifically beheadings. As she shows us, they have always drawn a crowd, first in the public square and now on YouTube. What makes them horrific and compelling in equal measure? Watch » Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended -- and their human rights threatened -- by killer storms, starvation and the loss of their own lands. Mary Robinson asks us to join the movement for worldwide climate justice. Watch » When poet Robin Morgan found herself facing Parkinson’s disease, she distilled her experiences into these four quietly powerful poems — meditating on age, loss, and the simple power of noticing. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ One day, with four trainers and one bodyguard, I was going up north of Kabul, and all of a sudden, I was stopped in the middle of the road by 19 young men. Rifles on their shoulders, they blocked the road. I asked my driver, 'What's going on?' He asked them. They said, 'We have nothing to do with you.' They called my name. They said, 'We want her.' " Sakena Yacoobi How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school

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SCREEN TIME (Part 2) In part two of the series "Screen Time," listen in as writer Jon Ronson, Philip Rosedale (the founder of Second Life), and more TED speakers explore our complex relationships with our screens. TED Radio Hour on iTunes »

 

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