Kabul Beauty School – Afghanistan
Dec 2003
Under the Taliban, Afghan women risked everything to be beautiful. Now the US fashion industry is helping them open their own beauty parlours and achieve financial independence.
Sima Calkin has not seen her home country of Afghanistan for 23 years. Now she is returning to advise local women about running their own beauty salons. It’s all thanks to a new scheme aimed at restoring dignity and self respect to the women of Afghanistan. But the war ravaged country she flies into bears no resemblance to the lush paradise of her childhood. “I am in shock … it’s mind boggling to see what has happened,” she despairs. She is also racked by guilt for having abandoned her country in its hour of need. By teaching the women to become beauticians, she hopes she can make amends. And there are plenty of women desperate to be taught these valuable new skills. Beauticians in Kabul earn much more than doctors or labourers. In a country where 60% of women are widows and many are the main breadwinners, working as beauticians offers a real opportunity to improve their lives.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Duration : 0:25:16
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
removing hiars out …
removing hiars out of legs and arms is unatural proved by the west west docts. You understood Miss world…(That you cant be)
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
The glamouris …
The glamouris america has destroyed its own youth and now they wana the Afghanistan to be like that.
But it wont happpppppen
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
This american who …
This american who tell our degnity(burqa girls) BLUE GHOSTS himself is not satisfied whit hes own look.
whats has she made of this………
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
yeah thats really a …
yeah thats really a counter argument to what i said. i posted here cuz a lot of people are too ignorant to pick a book about some real shit.
and capitalism existed before computers so using the pony express would still be a capitalist, so get over it. and just cuz someone wears a white tee doesn’t mean that they can’t argue against people who try to impose their culture of white tees on others who don’t wear them
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Bet you Live in th …
Bet you Live in th The UK or the US ??
you cant rant on about capitalism and have a computer and Mobile Phone etc .
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
How can a non …
How can a non Muslim slaughter their religion ?
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
sexualising women …
sexualising women if thats the way YOU see it , thats not the way we all see it , women have the rights if they so desire to express and celabrate their sexuality freely as nature intended as we all do, and I dont see women as sex objects I see them as People!!! You are Judging others by your own standards . Peace A
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
mrsevans,
The …
mrsevans,
The abuse of women and girls in islam/muslim countries speaks louder than your words.
And, as apologist for these crimes against women, you too will be held accountable, if not in this life, then in another, for whatever you contribute to this evil.
You will discover first-hand why more seek mercy, than justice.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
What the do …
What the do you know about Islam and Muhammad??? Even if it were true that Islam was spread by the sword in the past, the sword is NOT being pointed now yet every year just in America alone 20,000 people embrace it! Who has a sword in their back? You don’t make any sense!
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
The media makes a …
The media makes a mockery out of females by portraying them as sexual objects, using them to sell everything from chewing gum to cars. Islam REQUIRES that women cover and protect themselves from being made into sex objects so that they will be judged for their mind and not what is between their legs or on their chests. These woman are Muslim in name only – they do NOT practice Islam. It is sad that non-Muslims are slaughtering their religion. They are the ones who should live and let live.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Human Females are …
Human Females are Beautiful and should be seen by all, the tide cannot be turned now . Peace to one and all live and let live . Best A
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
well my freind, …
well my freind, this is not about intentions as that is impossible to deduce. but we know what the effects are and this is the tradition of cultural imperialism that has gone hand in hand with colonialism for years. this is the globalization of u.s. corporate beauty cuz the natural face just isnt good enough. you cannot speak for all on the use of this capitalist gunk and goo, please talk to some real Afghan feminists instead of listening to your white man’s burden feminism
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Story of Each …
Story of Each Afghan’s life makes a sad movie. Will the Afghans wittness a day when they can live like the rest of the world? I hope so…
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
“It’s not easy; …
“It’s not easy; hairdressing is very difficult to learn.”
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
nobody asked them …
nobody asked them to cover themselves like darth vadar…not even their pedophile prophet moo-ham-head….face it …islam was spread by the sword…and the quran…the main cause of this shit. Burkha is for insecured who think they are going to get raped on the streets….stupid muslim countries hahahahaha !
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
hahahah islam …
hahahah islam ….hahaha islam screwed afghanistan for over a thousand years….!!!!
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Muslims come to the …
Muslims come to the US and they “forget” they are Muslim. The forget hijab, eat pork, drink alcohol. They think Islam is only in Muslim countries, that is a culture rather then a religion. And this woman returns to Afghanistan to teach her ways to the women there, teaching them how to look like American whores.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I cordially thank …
I cordially thank Journeyman Pictures for this beautiful video. Thank you to all of the participants as well for making this unforgettable difference in the lives of those who need it the most.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddd
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I hope this country …
I hope this country gets back onto its feet.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
well, this is just …
well, this is just hilarious…turn the afghan women into sex objects like those naked fashion models…
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
thanks god you …
thanks god you will be roasted in forever. see you there.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
we love our mothers …
we love our mothers and sisters thats why they are dressed modestly. you try to cmpare your filthy society with us is completely wrong. your mothers and sisters sleep with a new man every night. lesbians , gays. doing sex with animals. disgusting. dont call yourself modern. thats a society of whores….
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
the idiot is saying …
the idiot is saying bleu ghoast
November 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Deborah Rodriguez?
Deborah Rodriguez?