RED SOIL OF KABUL
11 - 13 AUGUST 2023 | DAMANSARA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

Hemmet, a 10-year-old boy, is playing in the narrow and dirty streets of Kabul, Afghanistan. The war has affected his life and he is already trained through his childhood games to be a strong mujahid and warrior. He lives in the neighborhood of Abbas, who is a young journalist. Hemmet and Abbas grew up with two different ideologies.

 

On 15th of August, the day when the Afghan government fell, Abbas was trapped in a television studio and was surprised by a group of gunmen. The governance, and cultural and social changes, have caused a strange transformation in the city; Abbas wants to leave the country but...