Valentina Monti’s Girls on the Air (2009) provides a fresh portrayal of modern day Afghanistan, revealing a very different country to the stereotypical "war-torn" nation portrayed by the Western media. It focuses on a group of young Afghan idealists trying to make a difference in a country where the basic principles of democracy were destroyed, whilst exploring the value of freedom of expression in a place where that notion is in its infancy.
23 year old Afghan journalist Humaira Habib is founder of Radio Sahar, the first independent radio station born after the fall of the Taliban regime, and entirely run by women. In a unique example of a new democracy-building process in Afghanistan, Humaira fights every day for the rights of Afghan women.
Such a noble cause in the midst of a culture that is still finding the very concept of democracy unfathomable and impractical in relation to its own...
23 year old Afghan journalist Humaira Habib is founder of Radio Sahar, the first independent radio station born after the fall of the Taliban regime, and entirely run by women. In a unique example of a new democracy-building process in Afghanistan, Humaira fights every day for the rights of Afghan women.
Such a noble cause in the midst of a culture that is still finding the very concept of democracy unfathomable and impractical in relation to its own...
- 2/16/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
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