Behind the mask is a TV show that has just been started for women from Afganistan.This show allows them to talk about the situations that they have faced as a married woman. During the show the woman will wear a mask to conceal her identitie for her safety. The mask is two colors, white and blue. The white represents innocence and the blue represents the oppretion of women.
This show started by Sami Mahdi a 28 year old who watched abuse in his home for many years. He wanted to help women who are oppressed and dont have anyone to talk to.
One of the women that cxame on the show is Saraya. This woman was just 15 when she was married to a known rapist and criminal. She asked hyer father why he was doing this to her and he simply said it was his choice and she was at the age of marrige.
After a few years Sararya had three children and in a abusieve marrige. Her husband started bringing home women that hewould rape at their house and her oldest child started to ask questions. When this started she took her children and ran away. She is constantly on the lookout for the man who has done so much harm to her.
Another of the woman on the show was just 12 when she was given to a man as a compensation for a death. Her older brother killed a man and in stead of him serving the concequences, her father gave her to the other family for payment. She was continually beaten and tortured.
This show was put into action to help the women that come but no one is sure if they can actually jhelp them or not.
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