“In Her Hands” – Gripping [MOVIE REVIEW]
Sometimes hope and despair go hand in hand. In the case of Zarifa Ghafari, those hands were burned by the Taliban as a warning to her. And why would the Taliban be concerned about such a petite, respectful woman? Therein lies the crux of the thoroughly engrossing documentary directed by Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen. Zarifa Ghafari in “In Her Hands.” Photo courtesy of Netflix © 2022. “In Her Hands” tells the story of Zarifa Ghafari who, at the age of 24, was appointed the mayor of Maidan Shahr in Afghanistan. An unusual, but not unique, position for someone in a country known for its intolerance of independent women, even before the rise of the Taliban. Highly educated, Zarifa received a master’s degree in economics in India, she championed the right of girls to have access to secondary school and traveled her district encouraging mothers to educate their daughters. Zarifa’s tenure as mayor was marked with protests by men in her township and admiration by women and men for her promotion of women’s rights and those of all her constituents. She was unafraid to make her presence known throughout the territory, although she made sure to tread lightly when crossing countryside…
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