Mustafa Basij-Rasikh

Specialist @PrincetonCHW| @PrincetonSPAI| Managing Director, Qara Group

[Mustafa Basij-Rasikh @MustafaBR]

Our research is now published in @BMJGlobalHealth. We are deeply thankful to our participants for their contributions and to @PrincetonCHW for the generous support. @PrincetonSPIA

[Princeton CHW @PrincetonCHW]

A study by @PrincetonSPIA researchers @MustafaBR and Alyssa Sharkey, both CHW affiliates, reveals the effects of the Taliban takeover on health care delivery in Afghanistan. Their compelling findings have been published in @GlobalHealthBMJ. https://t.co/WoMkP6dBCN

[Shabana Basij-Rasikh @sbasijrasikh]

Today, @TIME named me as one of the members of the 2026 TIME100 Next, their annual list of 100 individuals who are defining the next generation of leadership: https://t.co/QJH7FAhYWp

I’m proud, I’m humbled – and I know that while this honor is for me, it’s not about me. It’s about the women of Afghanistan and the hope they carry like fire in their hands. It’s about the students of @solaafghanistan, the Afghan girls who will change the world. It’s about the resilient SOLA global village of friends and supporters.

It’s about you, reading these words, because you are with us. And that means everything.

I hope you’ll take a moment to look over the full list: https://t.co/aRoqwn9wyF. This is a proud and humbling day, and a day that I know will inspire us all.

There is work to do, and we will do it.

[Mati Amin @matiamin]

All of it, for Afghan girls. We won’t look away.

[Princeton School of Public & International Affairs @PrincetonSPIA]

In a new essay by Princeton SPIA’s @MustafaBR and Alyssa Sharkey of @PrincetonCHW in @ThinkGlobalHlth, they write, “Estimates suggest Afghanistan has 0.33 doctors per 1K people vs. 20 per 1K in high-income countries. The WHO recommends 2.5 per 1,000." https://t.co/HI7CghqURS

[Princeton CHW @PrincetonCHW]

@PrincetonSPIA researchers @MustafaBR
and Alyssa Sharkey, both CHW affiliates, explain how the Taliban's education ban has kept women from entering Afghanistan's under-resourced health care sector.
https://t.co/htuQ4HPbJf

[Think Global Health @ThinkGlobalHlth]

Many women who aspire to become doctors in Afghanistan have been denied the opportunity to take their exit exams by the Taliban.

@MustafaBR and Alyssa Sharkey explain how the Taliban’s ban on women’s education is impacting health care. https://t.co/sGvwjoEJlf

[SOLAx @SOLAxOnline]

Self-paced coursework. Students only need a smartphone and basic internet to access SOLAx-designed education from their own homes, all using WhatsApp, all completely free. #Afghanistan #Education

[BMJ Global Health @GlobalHealthBMJ]

"Despite the anticipated and reported total collapse due to the country’s power shift, various factors enabled health services to continue in some settings while others acted as barriers."

📣 New Research ➡️ https://t.co/Ot07bssl5I

[Mati Amin @matiamin]

Remote learning for every Afghan girl, everywhere. Students only need a smartphone and basic internet to access SOLAx-designed self-paced coursework from their own homes, all using WhatsApp, all completely free. @SOLAxOnline

[Princeton CHW @PrincetonCHW]

A study by @PrincetonSPIA researchers @MustafaBR and Alyssa Sharkey, both CHW affiliates, reveals the effects of the Taliban takeover on health care delivery in Afghanistan. Their compelling findings have been published in @GlobalHealthBMJ. https://t.co/WoMkP6dBCN

[SOLA @solaafghanistan]

Tune in tonight! SOLA's segment on @60Minutes, re-airing at 7pm Eastern/Pacific on @CBS! #Afghanistan #Rwanda

[Shabana Basij-Rasikh @sbasijrasikh]

Rest in peace, Agha Shirin. My grandpa was the first man in his family to educate his daughters. His bravery in prioritizing education for his daughters cost him many relationships, but it normalized education for future generations, including my own. 
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

[Mustafa Basij-Rasikh @MustafaBR]

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - OW
Ustad Nazar Zulmai lived. He dedicated his life 2 cultivating curiosity in his students at a time when science was questioned. He shaped not just one or two minds, but generations of Afghans. RIP

[SOLA @solaafghanistan]

So excited to announce that @sbasijrasikh has been named to the 2019 #ForbesUnder30 Asia list in the social entrepreneur category! #ForbesU30Asia #Afghanistan #education https://t.co/yARn9qiTvB

[Mujib Mashal @MujMash]

Afghanistan's formidable @sbasijrasikh nominated for N-peace Award. You can vote here: https://t.co/AMj2006AfI

[BILAL SARWARY @bsarwary]

#AFG Fellow @Middlebury grad & education advocate @sbasijrasikh has been nominated for the N-Peace Award.Please vote:https://t.co/u1lbildDbG

[Mustafa Basij-Rasikh @MustafaBR]

In DC for the #9th annual US-Afghan #Business Matchmaking Conference

[Mustafa Basij-Rasikh @MustafaBR]

Promoting #investment in #AFG has been, without a doubt, a tough sell. But we are in it for the long haul.