Said Azami

In the organizer's words:

• Women in Afghanistan - under veils and whips
• Literature

"Mullahcracy and religious rule prevail in Afghanistan and Iran. This religious rule is the enemy of women and girls, the enemy of science and knowledge, the enemy of historical and cultural monuments, of music and art, and of progress and development."
Millions of Afghan women live in domestic slavery and captivity under Taliban rule in the name of Sharia law. Born into a darkness, women live a passive, submissive, desolate and undignified life that very often ends far too soon. Unspared, very close to reality, Said Azami gives an up-close account of the tragic experiences of his compatriots in Afghanistan and also provides insights into his own childhood and youth.

Said Azami was born in the middle of the war in northern Afghanistan and grew up surrounded by terror and constant fear. He experienced the Soviet occupation, the civil wars between the various mujahideen factions and the beginning of the Taliban's reign of terror at first hand. He fled to Germany in 2013.

In the series Local Monday