In Afghanistan, there have been a lot of teachers assassinated, schools are being blown up, girls are harassed and in some cases, attacked on their way to school. Even if the girls are able to get an education, they can… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share
When girls in Canada dream about becoming members of parliament, they have a pretty good expectation that parliament is going to be around for them when they graduate. There is no such expectation in Afghanistan. It's all still hope and… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
We owe it to our children to be honest about the world and to provide them with material written specially for them. — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, there have been a lot of teachers assassinated, schools are being blown up, girls are harassed and in some cases, attacked on their way to school. Even if the girls are able to get an education, they can dream big, they can think about how they want to become a member of parliament because they are now women… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share
“Like it or not, you need to know how to do this. Your future depends on it. You give up on this, you will… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
One of the things that has really hit home for me is that the world is how we decide it is going to be. Very few things just happen. They grow out of history, and they grow out of the present, and the more we can get a sense of how our actions lead into other actions in the future,… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share
I was really bored, pretty antisocial, and not much of a joiner, and people thought that was a problem. I hated high school. In… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
“I didn’t create this world,” she said to herself. “I only have to live in it.” — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an anti-war activist,… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope. — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
