The Librarian of Helmand Province

In 2012, a young Afghan woman named Sakena Yacoobi quietly opened a school in a basement in Herat. No banners. No press conferences. No armed escort. She simply unlocked a door and invited girls to sit down and read. The Taliban had shuttered every girls' school in the region. Other organizations responded with loud campaigns and international summits. Sakena responded with a folding table and a stack of borrowed books.…