Reddit reviews Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
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Are you sure it was set in the Middle East? Time Zero has a dystopian setting but hits a lot of your other criteria.
Edit: I would also look at Nasreens Secret School, set in Afghanistan.