Taliban Revisited: How They Came to Power and What Women Did Against Them

As the prospect looms that the Taliban might re-take Afghanistan, WINGS reprises our fascinating documentary from the year 2000.

Featured Guests/Speakers:

Giti Shams, Afghan emigre to the US; Ava Ghous, Afghan working with Feminist Majority; Huma Saeed, Marina Masteen and Saima Kareem, RAWA (Revolutionary Afghan Women’s Association); and Freiba Wakili, Afghan refugee in Pakistan.

Credits:

Produced by Nafisa Hoodbhoy; additional interviews by Monica J. Moore; demonstration in Islamabad recorded by RAWA. Series producer, Frieda Werden.

Recorded in Peshawar, Islamabad, Washington DC, and Vancouver BC on 2013-03-24.


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