Bacha Posh

Afghan wisdom says that if you have many daughters, you can raise your youngest as a boy and the next child will be a boy. "Bacha posh" are the names of these girls and Farah Noz is one such girl. But instead of becoming a "girl" again after the birth of her brother, the 14-year-old decided to remain a boy. Elaha is different, she made her own decision to wear men's clothes on the street and find her female role on her own. In their documentary installation, Ginan Seidl and Yalda Afsah show the lives of these two girls.

Keywords

  • Doing Gender
  • Gender
  • Next Gen: Universität der Künste Berlin
  • Politics: Human Rights
  • women

Director

  • Yalda Afsah
  • Ginan Seidl

Icons & Media Art


29min


6

FA


DE

Afghanistan
Germany
2015
In restrictive Afghanistan, there are girls who are raised as boys and this is culturally established.

In restrictive Afghanistan, there are girls who are raised as boys and this is culturally established.


Afghan wisdom says that if you have many daughters, you can raise your youngest as a boy and the next child will be a boy. "Bacha posh" are the names of these girls and Farah Noz is one such girl.


But instead of becoming a "girl" again after the birth of her brother, the 14-year-old decided to remain a boy. Elaha is different, she made her own decision to wear men's clothes on the street and find her female role on her own.


In their documentary installation, Ginan Seidl and Yalda Afsah show the lives of these two girls.

Cast & Crew