“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
~Maya Angelou~
“All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.”
~Toni Morrison~
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Women’s Voices Now (WVN)
Organizers and filmmakers at WVN’s Film Festival in LA in 2011- “Women’s Voices from the Muslim World”
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Alka Sadat – Documentary Filmmaker, Afghanistan
Alka explains the challenges while filming her award winning documentary about Maria Bashir, the first female Chief Prosecutor in Afghanistan
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Roya Sadat & Aziz Dildar – Filmmakers, Afghanistan
Roya, an award-winning filmmaker, and Aziz talk about the fate of women in the tribal border regions of Afghanistan.
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Susana Casares – Director, Spain & Tunisia
Susana explains the surge in independent women filmmakers breaking the silence about their conditions and telling their own stories in their own words.
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Jewels of Kandahar
My latest documentary film, “Jewels of Kandahar,” is currently in progress. This documentary tells the story of 400 war-weary Afghan widows and needy women working for a handicrafts business – Kandahar Treasure. Founded by Rangina …
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Ambassador Ronald Neumann
Ambassador Ronald Neumann, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, explains how project-based funding in Afghanistan is less effective than multi-level community development.
