REPORTAGE – The Paris-based TV channel broadcasts educational and entertainment programmes via satellite aimed at women, who are not allowed to study in Afghanistan.
Sitting on her chair in front of a green wall, Tahmina rereads her notes, works on her voice, and waits for Zia to give her the go-ahead in the control room to start recording the show. With the camera fixed on her, the 27-year-old presenter gives a few instructions to the technical director and even leaves the studio to politely ask him to hurry up.
The exchanges are in Dari, one of the two official languages of Afghanistan along with Pashto. The broadcasts are in both languages, to reach as many people as possible. It’s almost like being there.
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Except that today, in Afghanistan, none of this would be possible. Women employed in a television channel? Forbidden. Women coming to work alone, taking public transport without being chaperoned by a “mahram”, a male member of their close family? Forbidden. Women who appear in a mixed newsroom in a T-shirt and jeans, without a veil, or with a slight…
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