In case Floridian Librarians want a vision of their not so far off future, this is it.

In the absence of female education, Israel Mahal felt compelled to do something to help the women of Afghanistan learn.

He constructed a hand cart, and wheeled it around the streets of Kabul. He was trying to distribute his personal collection of 21,000 books to the people who now had no access to books.

He was beaten and detained indefinitely by the Taliban.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#BooksAsWeapons