Young Afghan refugees 'journey' back to their distant homeland through theatre

Young Afghan refugee actors Namatullah (right) and Pariya during a rehearsal for the theatre show 'Red Soil Of Kabul'. Photo: The Star/Low Boon Tat

On a recent Thursday morning, playwright and director Saleh Sepas sat in the middle of the rehearsal space with a laptop in front of him and quietly observed the handful of actors enunciating their lines in Farsi (Persian).

Saleh, who was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan and is now a refugee in Malaysia, would only interject when it came to blocking or telling his actors where to stand or where to face.