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‘Bacha bazi’ outrage after pandemic takes play to the small screen

12th August, 2020 · admin 8 Comments

BBC News:  Two Americans attempted something unconventional. Lyricist Charlie Sohne and composer Tim Rosser created a musical about a subject even Afghans would consider too sensitive and unsettling – “bacha bazi” or “boy play”. The show has also faced criticism for promoting bacha bazi as a tradition that is accepted in Afghanistan. “Bacha bazi is a harmful practice that should not in any way be romanticised,” said the Afghan actress and founder of Mena Arts, Azita Ghanizada. “To have another piece of art focused on Afghanistan completely through the white lens shook up our community.” Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Entertainment News, Other News | Tags: Azita Ghanizada, Bacha Bazi, Homosexuality |
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8 thoughts on “‘Bacha bazi’ outrage after pandemic takes play to the small screen”

  1. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    The coward rats
    are
    exclusively
    focusing
    on
    their
    true passion
    inside
    Afghanistan where..
    *
    .*

  2. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    YOU
    ARE TRULY
    THE
    LOWEST OF THE LOW !!!!!
    .*

  3. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    YOU ARE
    NOT
    TAKING MY COMMENTS !
    .*

  4. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    You people are
    the
    real sources
    of
    perversions !

  5. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    Focus
    on
    your
    own weir normalities !
    *

  6. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Correction:
    ========
    Focus
    on
    your
    own sick
    abnormalities !
    *

  7. Samarqand says:
    August 12, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    The perverts
    don’t bother to
    write about the imposed
    killing field
    across Afghanistan.
    *

  8. Samarqandi says:
    September 20, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    *AN
    IMPARTIAL
    INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
    ON
    AFGHANISTAN
    IS
    THE
    ONLY
    LOGICAL
    ROUTE !!!!!
    *

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