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The Story of Kolsum is a video about a 15 years old refugee girl, born in an Afghan family in Iran, who fled to Germany in 2015. She left everything behind to follow her dream and be able to go to school and continue her educations.

Afghan children are prevented to go to public schools in Iran. They have to go to so-called underground schools provided by their own refugee communities. The Right to Education as a basic human right has been ignored in Iran for decades. This fact has been repeatedly reported.

Nearly 200,000 Afghans moved to Europe between 2015-2016 as refugees, who mostly fled from Iran to Europe. Because of the educational discrimination, the majority of Afghan refugees in Europe or Germany have serious literacy issues, including complete illiteracy.