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Osama (2004)

Osama (2004)

Drama

To save her family a girl must become a boy

Release Date: 2004, March 24
Directors: Siddiq Barmak
Countries: Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, United States of America
Production: Hubert Bals Fund, NHK, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, Barmak Film, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions, Swipe Films
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Malik Akhlaqi, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Nader Khwaja, Hamida Refar, Gol Rahman Ghorbandi, Mohammad Nabi Nawa, Amin Nadem, Eli Jaan, Elza Bogova

Overview:

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.

Keywords:

kids mother daughter relationship gender discrimination muslim afghanistan girl disguised as boy survive taliban forced marriage mother and daughter girl religious education religious extremism women and society radical islam sharia law veiled woman working girl islamic studies