After the Taliban took power, thousands of widows and single women in Afghanistan face an insurmountable problem: how are they supposed to earn a living if they are only allowed to leave the house accompanied by male relatives? A mother decides to disguise her 12-year-old daughter as a boy so that she can accompany her to work. When the mother loses her job, the girl has to support the family. Disguised as a boy, she starts working for a milkman who was friends with the family’s father who died in the war. Because of the disguise, the girl is forced to participate in the men’s religious rituals and attend Quran school. But male behaviors are foreign to her. And the fear of being unmasked grows with each passing day.
Kurator:in
My family is important to me, including my mother, my brother, my grandmother, and my son. I like to spend my free time with the people who matter to me because that’s where I find my happiness.
Kurator:in
My family is important to me, including my mother, my brother, my grandmother, and my son. I like to spend my free time with the people who matter to me because that’s where I find my happiness.