Girls and Education

My favorite line from the Dumas book is, "If I had a son and a daughter, and I could only educate one of them, I would educate my daughter. You know why? A girl without an education has no power. She is always at the mercy of others."

 In Iran, girls were considered second class citizens, and in the wonderfully evocative book, IT AIN'T SO AWFUL, FALAFEL, the Iranian father has just one child, a daughter, and he understands how important it is that she get educated. He knows that education is power, and that a young girl must be able to take care of herself!