Ilyas Yourish on his film ‘Kamay’, depicting a Hazara family’s quest for justice

The director of a film that celebrates the resistance of the Hazara people in Afghanistan has spoken about his work ahead of its screening at a festival in Paris on Thursday. “Kamay” follows a Hazara family as they embark on a journey for truth and justice after their daughter Zahra mysteriously dies at Kabul University. Director Ilyas Yourish says their plight is a symbol of the Hazara people’s resistance against whoever is in control in Kabul. The film is being shown this Thursday at Sciences Po University. Yourish spoke to us in Perspective.