Aleksandra Mostovaja
I Just Want My Husband Out
of Taliban Prison (2023)
The Royal Danish Academy 20.04.2023
Description
A student at the academy pleads for the release of her husband, the Franco-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, who has been held by the Taliban since the 7th of January. She says she is worried about his mental and physical condition. She tells Al Jazeera about how much other people’s support and solidarity helped in Mortaza’s release. Mortaza Behboudi is a journalist, doc- umentary maker, and human rights activist. He has been working on giving voice to the people who were silenced and portraying the staggering state of women’s rights in several countries. Now he is punished by the Taliban for this.
Duration: 02:17 min.A student at the academy pleads for the release of her husband, the Franco-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, who has been held by the Taliban since the 7th of January. She says she is worried about his mental and physical condition. She tells Al Jazeera about how much other people’s support and solidarity helped in Mortaza’s release. Mortaza Behboudi is a journalist, doc- umentary maker, and human rights activist. He has been working on giving voice to the people who were silenced and portraying the staggering state of women’s rights in several countries. Now he is punished by the Taliban for this.
AR: 1:1
Audio: Audio
Colour: Colour
About the artist(s)
Aleksandra Mostovaja is an architect and a research assistant from the Royal Danish Academy.
@aleksandra_mostovaja
Aleksandra Mostovaja is an architect and a research assistant from the Royal Danish Academy.
@aleksandra_mostovaja
About the host
The Royal Danish Academy is the leading academy in Scandinavia for architecture, design, and conservation. The work was presented as part of open-source.tv’s exhibition program across several information TVs at the academy in spring/summer 2023.
The Royal Danish Academy is the leading academy in Scandinavia for architecture, design, and conservation. The work was presented as part of open-source.tv’s exhibition program across several information TVs at the academy in spring/summer 2023.
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Esther Fröhlich
Laurits Honoré Rønne
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