The highlight of the week was attending the production of Underground Girls at the famous Ilkhom Theatre here in Tashkent. The Ilkhom was founded in 1976 by Mark Weil and was the first independent theatre troupe in the former USSR. It is thriving today and our school hosted a private screening of the play loosely based on the book, the Underground Girls of Kabul. It highlighted the plight of women and girls in the Taliban-governed Afghanistan. It also touched on the subjugation of women in more traditional and religious societies. A powerful performance and I was pleased that our students were able to experience the performance.
The weather stayed cold this week until yesterday. It was a busy week of school and the countdown is on until the holidays, which start next Saturday. We hosted a Business Mixer for the American Chamber of Commerce last Friday at school. I am coming down with a cold and hope that the symptoms will be mild and go away quickly, but the virus going around the school community seems to last a long time.
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