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In a country offering almost no treatment services despite a crisis of addiction, Laila Haidari took the highly unusual decision to found her own pioneering addiction treatment center and a restaurant where all of the waiters are recovering heroin addicts.
- 98 min
In a country offering almost no treatment services despite a crisis of addiction, Laila Haidari took the highly unusual decision to found her own pioneering addiction treatment center and a restaurant where all of the waiters are recovering heroin addicts.
Oct 21, 2018 · Laila at the Bridge: Directed by Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei. Laila Haidari survived child marriage and her own traumatic past to battle one of the deadliest problems in Afghanistan: heroin addiction.
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- Documentary
- Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei
- 2018-10-21
May 29, 2019 · Laila Haidari survived child marriage and her own traumatic past to battle one of the deadliest problems in Afghanistan: heroin addiction. Known as ‘the moth...
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- 512
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
Having witnessed her brother’s 25-year battle with drug addiction, former child bride Laila devotes her life to treating heroin-addicted men and women in Kabul.
Laila Haidari battles a severe drug crisis in Kubul, Afghanistan, through her narcotics anonymous program.
Laila Haidari survived child marriage and her own traumatic past to battle one of the deadliest problems in Afghanistan: heroin addiction. As the “mother of the addicts,” she must prevail over a crisis of addiction and a corrupt government in a country on the verge of collapse.
