Writing Hawa

Hawa

HAWA is the main character of the film. She was forces into marriage when she was 13. At the age of 52, she decides she wants to start to learn to read and write after all. She opens her own textile business.

Najiba Noori

NAJIBA NOORI (author, director) was born Afghanistan. She began working for media organisations as a volunteer when she was just 15. She has made reports and photo stories for various organisations and agencies, including the AFP, Huffington Post, MSF, FMIC, NRC and UN Women in Afghanistan. She participated at the Close-Up program 2020-2021 and at IDFA Academy 2022. She joined AFP as a video journalist n 2019. In 2021 she had to flee to France. WRITING HAWA is her first documentary.

Rasul Noori

RASUL NOORI is the co-director of the film. He was born in Afghanistan too and graduated in journalism in Kabul. He has made several short videos for NRC, GIZ, and FMIC in Afghanistan. He was one of the cinematographers of the short film “Hoof” with the American Company Hungry Man in Bamiyan.

Hawa

Najiba Noori

Rasul Noori

40,00 €

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