Saba Sahar: 'Afghan women are capable of doing anything men do'

Week 10 Post

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/22/afghan-films-saba-sahar-women-taliban

This article talks about Saba Sahar, Afghnistan's first female director, and the immeasurable risks she takes because of the profession that she has chosen. In a country where women are refused even the basic of education she has risen to become a well known director but this has come with countless repercussions. She has received threats against herself and her family for the work she does and she never leaves home without a gun or bodyguard. What kind of place is it that requires a succesful female to be constantly armed in order to ensure her survival? I mourn for her and others as such who are subjected to like treatment because they dare to display their talents.




Under a death threat: director Saba Sahar films in a police compound with her crew.