‘Girls Should Not Shout!’
‘Girls Should Not Shout!’ By Tania Mirza: “I am dead but nobody is searching for my murderer” “Who and what do I defend … For this dead body?” These are some of the sentences from a Persian movie that I watched recently called ‘Shhhh Girls Should Not Shout’. This amazing movie reveals the enormity of the many hidden social problems of nations, such as the rape and abuse of young girls by men in countries that observe Sharia Law because men are protected. Why isn’t this behavior considered abnormal? When a man marries a little girl it is abuse. Today, and unfortunately in the past, Southern Kurdistan has experienced terrifying problems… war, terrorism, economic and educational difficulties as well as mental health issues; the Government, members of Parliament and NGO’s have many problems to concentrate on, but issues that destroy the human spirit appear to be considered insignificant. Many parents cannot escort their daughters to school and back an