title: Bushra Hyder
text: # Bushra Hyder
  
  Bushra Hyder is a Pakistani schoolteacher and peace activist. Hyder has a Master's in English literature.
  
  Hyder founded and runs the Qadims Lumiere School and College in Peshawar, Pakistan, which had 1000 students in 2012. The school places a heavy emphasis on its peace curriculum, introduced in 2009, which entails education on a variety of religions and cultures designed to foster understanding and acceptance. Hyder has lobbied to get other schools in the region and country to implement similar curricula.
  
  Hyder has co-founded the Women's Alliance for Security Leadership, and is a member of the PAIMAN Alumni Trust Pakistan, an organisation which opposes Islamic extremism. She works with politicians and religious leaders to counter extremism.
  
  