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Article: Theatre of justice; Hadi Ogal writes about a groundbreaking drama project in which he has been involved.(Afghanistan DEMOCRACY)(AH5787)
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- New Internationalist
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- November 1, 2008
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A group of women wearing burqas sits in a courtyard, Looking at a man on stage who is crying out for justice, peace, revenge and reconciliation. He does not know what to do, which way to choose.
They are watching AH5787 - the title refers to an anonymous Afghan medical patient. Adapted from the Irish play AH6905 by Dave Duggan, it has been translated into Dari and Pashto and toured around Afghanistan by victims of human rights abuses.
The protagonist, Sardar, is waiting for a surgical operation to 'cut' the truth out of his body. Sardar is visited by seven ghosts of people who were killed during the past three decades of conflict. The ghosts will not ...