SKATEISTAN

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It’s not common to ___ girls doing sport in ___. In Afghan culture it’s ___ acceptable for girls to ___ football or volleyball. Girls ___n’t usually fly kites or ___ Buzkashi, the national Afghan sport, ___ they can’t ride bicycles. ___ sports are only for ___. But there is one ___ that more and more ___ are participating in: skateboarding. ___ Skateistan, an organisation for ___ children ages 5 to ___, young people learn skateboarding ___. Forty per cent of ___ participants are girls. It’s ___ bit unusual to see ___ wearing traditional Afghan clothing ___ a helmet for skateboarding, ___ the girls can skateboard ___. They are adventurous and ___ and they are not ___ to fall. Skateistan does ___ than teach skateboarding skills; ___ also provides an education. ___ Afghanistan only 13 per ___ of young women can ___ and only 36 per ___ receive any education. At ___’s “Back to School” programme, ___ 800 students come to ___ and study each week.

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