Mahboba Rawi, a strong-willed Afghan-Australian woman and the founder of Mahboba’s Promise, has dedicated her life to helping orphans and widows in Afghanistan. Abdul, one of these orphans, is in love with Fatemeh, the girl next door. The two have been exchanging romantic letters for over a year and hope to marry one day. But Fatemeh’s father has decided to marry her off to anyone who can offer a large sum of money as her dowry. Devastated, Abdul is hoping when Mahboba arrives for her yearly visit to Kabul, she will help him again.
However, Fatemeh’s father makes demands beyond anyone’s expectations. He won’t let the marriage happen unless Mahboba pays him $10,000 or finds a wife for his eldest son to replace Fatemeh’s role in the household. With nothing to Abdul’s name, the fate of the couple depends entirely on Mahboba’s ability to meet or negotiate the father’s terms. But she only has one month and limited resources.
[From the production company's website]
Love Marriage in Kabul : A Memoir
Elizabeth Bay
:
Gazebo Books
,
2020
21065885
2020
single work
autobiography
'In 2006, Sanaz Fotouhi, a young woman in her twenties, travels to Afghanistan with her partner to make a film.
'Seven years and four trips later their feature documentary Love Marriage in Kabul wins awards and the hearts of audiences in Australia and around the world.
'Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir is the behind-the-scenes account of the hardships and heartaches, tears and joys of the seemingly impossible project of making a film in Afghanistan. It is the story of a young woman’s determination to confront her fears to provide an insight into the hidden world of Afghanistan’s widows and orphans.
'With rare compassion and lucidity, Sanaz Fotouhi chronicles her inner struggles and external events and leads us to interrogate our own notion of humanity.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Buildings in tatters, barren desert, battered bodies and a brutal military are the images that often come to mind when Afghanistan is brought up in conversation. but Amin Palangi's 'Love marriage in Kabul', which chronicles a conventional love story alongside a story of coming together between east and west, urges us to challenge our preconceptions about the War-torn country.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Buildings in tatters, barren desert, battered bodies and a brutal military are the images that often come to mind when Afghanistan is brought up in conversation. but Amin Palangi's 'Love marriage in Kabul', which chronicles a conventional love story alongside a story of coming together between east and west, urges us to challenge our preconceptions about the War-torn country.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Love Marriage in Kabul : A Memoir
Elizabeth Bay
:
Gazebo Books
,
2020
21065885
2020
single work
autobiography
'In 2006, Sanaz Fotouhi, a young woman in her twenties, travels to Afghanistan with her partner to make a film.
'Seven years and four trips later their feature documentary Love Marriage in Kabul wins awards and the hearts of audiences in Australia and around the world.
'Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir is the behind-the-scenes account of the hardships and heartaches, tears and joys of the seemingly impossible project of making a film in Afghanistan. It is the story of a young woman’s determination to confront her fears to provide an insight into the hidden world of Afghanistan’s widows and orphans.
'With rare compassion and lucidity, Sanaz Fotouhi chronicles her inner struggles and external events and leads us to interrogate our own notion of humanity.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
