Amanat (2009)
In Islamic culture, Amanat means ‘trustworthy’ or ‘safekeeping’.
When someone gives something to someone else for safekeeping and returns
the item back, they show that they are amanat-dhar or trustworthy by
returning the object undamaged.
This short video is an interview with an autorickshaw driver from the
North West Frontier Province working in the Southern Pakistani
port-city of Karachi. In this video, the driver accounts the return of
a cell-phone left in the back of his rickshaw, and his adherance to
and understanding of amanat.
Total Run Time: 2 minutes, 40 seconds. Year of completion: 2009.