Saba Sahar
Saba Sahar (born 28 August 1975) is an Afghan actress, and the country's first female film director and film producer. Her first film, The Law, (2004) was a major success. She returned to Afghanistan after spending time in exile in Moscow, Tehran and Peshawar, to act in films and plays.
Saba Sahar
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- Saba Sahar was born on 28 August 1975. · Kabul.
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Besides being among Afghanistan's most famous actors, Sahar is also a campaigner for women's rights. Her film Passing the Rainbow (2008) was presented in an art installation at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2010. On 25 August 2020, Sahar was shot and injured by an anonymous gunman while traveling to work in Kabul with her bodyguard and driver. Hit in the stomach, she was taken to a hospital where she underwent a successful surgery.
• Commissioner Amanullah (24-part series on Afghan police) • The Law, 2004 • Passing the Rainbow, 2008 (playing the policewoman and director) • Kabul Dream Factory, 2011
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Saba Sahar, an actress, film director and “Weibliche Filmschaffende”, was born in 1975 in Kabul. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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- 1.Kleeman, Jenny. Saba Sahar: 'Afghan women are capable of doing anything men do'. The Observer. 22 April 2012.
- 2.Wildermann, Patrick. Wer wenn nicht sie. Der Tagesspiegel. 18 February 2011.
- 3.Biswas, Soutik. Women struggle in Afghan cinema. BBC. 12 November 2004.
- 4.Transnational. "Are you recording?".
- 5.Saba Sahar: Afghan actress and film director shot in Kabul. BBC News. 2020-08-25.
- 6.IMDb. Passing the Rainbow.
- 7.German Documentaries. Kabul Dream Factory.
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