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Filmed over two turbulent years, the film documents her personal battle for survival as her country unravels. At 26, Zarifa Ghafari became one of Afghanistan's first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold the position.
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- Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen
- 2022-11-16
Filmed across two turbulent years, In Her Hands tells the story of Zarifa Ghafari, who at 26 became one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold the position.
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- Tamana Ayazi Marcel Mettelsiefen
Nov 15, 2022 · While still in her 20s, Zarifa Ghafari became one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold that job. And she was appointed by the recently deposed President Ashraf Ghani to the leadership role—not in relatively tolerant Kabul, but in Maidan Shahr, in the conservative province of Wardak, where the Taliban have long ...
Nov 16, 2022 · In Her Hands offers an immediate, on-the-ground portrait of Ghafari, who, as the 26-year-old mayor of Maidan Shahr, was Afghanistan’s youngest woman elected to public office at the time. The film looks at both sides of a nation in a war between the old and the new during a moment of change.
Sep 21, 2022 · Harper Lambert. September 21, 2022 @ 7:48 AM. Zarifa Ghafari was only 26 when she became the mayor of Maidan Shar, which made her the youngest mayor in Afghanistan history (and one of the only...
Nov 16, 2022 · When the film begins in January 2020, their subject, the 26-year-old Zarifa Ghafari, is one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors, and a beleaguered but determined champion of women’s rights.
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Sep 13, 2022 · 6 mins read. In Her Hands. (USA/Afghanistan, 93 min.) Dir. Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen. Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Meet one of the year’s most compelling characters with Zarifa Ghafari. The young woman was only 26 years old when she was elected leader of Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan.
