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HBO’s “Love Crimes of Kabul”


Posted by diana on 11 Jul 2011 / 0 Comments
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HBO is set to air “Love Crimes of Kabul” at 9pm tonight as part of their documentary films summer series. This intimate documentary goes inside Badam Bagh, a women’s prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, to tell the stories of three women who are being accused of committing “love crimes” or more commonly termed, “moral crimes”. Among […]

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Wishing Upon an Afghan Star


Posted by diana on 26 Jan 2011 / 0 Comments
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The images that Afghanistan conjures are usually ones that mirror front-page stories of newspapers around the world: armed Taliban crouching at the entry of a mountain cave, women in burqas, and images of public stonings are just a few that are constantly associated with the country. HBO is schedule to air a two-part documentary that […]

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For Neda: HBO Documents the 2009 Iranian Elections


Posted by diana on 21 Jun 2010 / 0 Comments
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As I snuggled on the couch to watch HBO’s documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan, I knew this wasn’t the time for popcorn. The first images that splashed across the screen were Agha-Soltan’s infamous last moments, which haunted viewers around the world exactly a year ago. The tone of onlookers and loved ones was agonizing, screaming as […]

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