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From The Voice of Hind Rajab to Santosh, this feature examines film certification, censorship, artistic freedom, and why audiences should have the right to decide what films they watch.

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When someone strips you of your freedom, they’re not just taking your freedom away. I believe they’re inflicting the beginning of horror upon a society at large, even if, at that moment, it is only one person being deprived of that freedom. Film certification, I feel, is somewhat like that. Just yesterday, I was made aware that The Voice of Hind Rajab, a 2025 docudrama written and directed by Kaouther

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