Women In Osama

The subordination of women was another value that was implemented by the Taliban. In the movie Osama, the life of young girl is depicted as she tries to support her family under the rule of the Taliban, where the survival of women independently is made increasingly difficult without a man. In Osama, it is illustrated that women were required to wear chadris, long cloak-like garments with small mesh openings for the eyes that cover the entire body, which were representative of the physical jail that the Taliban placed upon women. The limitation of women under the Taliban rule brought forth the dominance of men to a degree where it became more favorable to have a boy rather than a girl. In the movie, the mother mourns her late husband and cries, “I wish I had a son instead of a daughter. He would have been able to help me with work,” and this is

These values typically bring forth a strong desire for independence, which directly contradicts the Taliban values of unity and uniformity under Islamic fundamentalism. Exclusive cultural identity was a strong value of the Taliban and was achieved after the ban of media sources that had previously been available to the public. Removing media such as radio broadcasts, television, and pictures from daily life was the most prominent means for erasing outside, primarily western, cultural influence. The article “Taliban Ban TV in the Afghan Province” states that because networks were “showing programs that were un-Islamic and anti-afghan culture,” the Taliban banned most media sources that could expose the public to western culture (Salahuddin). The article goes on to explain the forbiddance of cell phones and the reinforcement of these regulations with violence. Those who were seen indulging in any of the forbidden media sources were flogged, or beaten, as a