Opening Saturday October 4 at 10.30 a.m.

October 4 2025 – October 17 2025

Via dei Cappuccini, 28, Bolzano

The exhibition “Faghan. Figlie dell’Afghanistan”: inaugurates Saturday 4 October 4 at 10.30 a.m , at Centro Trevi – TreviLab, Bolzano:  19 portraits of Afghan women, who fled their country and now live in Italy, photographed by Simona Ghizzoni, accompanied by a previously unseen documentary by Emanuela Zuccalà which, with interviews and exclusive videos, delves into the stories of five of them.

On August 15, 2021, the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan after twenty years of Western military presence, once again establishing a religious dictatorship. The country sanctioned a chaos of violence, extreme poverty, and human rights violations. The Taliban established a gender apartheid that segregated women within the home, prohibiting them from studying beyond the age of 12, working outside the home, or going to gyms, parks, or beauty salons. In public, women were forbidden to show their faces, or even make their voices heard.

The 19 women featured in this exhibition managed to escape and now live in Italy as refugees. Their stories show us dynamic and project-filled lives before the Taliban returned to power and the painful escape from a land they continue to love with deep nostalgia.

The exhibition is part of Arci Bolzano – Bozen‘s cultural program as part of the “On the Trails of Antigone – Resilient Women’s Life Journeys” showcase, inspired by the figure of the classical heroine.

The program consists of several events, starting the opening of the exhibition on Saturday, October 4, at 10:30 a.m., at the Centro Trevi – TreviLab, in the presence of photographer Simona Ghizzoni.

An in-depth meeting follows on Thursday October 9, at 6:00 p.m., in Room -1 of the Centro Trevi – TreviLab. The event is dedicated to viewing the short film written and directed by Emanuela Zuccalà, whith the presence the precence of Fatima Haidai, one of the protagonists of the short film and the exhibition. Carla Dozzi, a member of CISDA (Italian Coordination for the Support of Afghan Women) participates in the meeting.

The last event is the finissage, which take place on Friday, October 17, at 6:00 p.m.

The initiatives are organized with the collaboration by Zona, NOVE Caring Humans, TreviLab, CISDA, Biblioteca Culture del Mondo, Centro per la Pace – Friedenszentrum Bozen, Frauenarchiv/Archivio storico delle donne , and with the support by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and the City of Bolzano.