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Nelofer is a past president of the influential freedom of expression movement PEN Canada. In 2009, she accompanied the Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean as a cultural delegate in state visits to Slovenia , Croatia and, Greece .
Founder of an Afghan women’s charity and past-president of PEN Canada. Nelofer Pazira was 16 when she fled Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and came to Canada. Since 2001 she has directed, produced or acted in five films, including the acclaimed Kandahar and award-winning Return to Kandahar.
Aug 24, 2021 · Escaping Afghanistan: Refugee Filmmaker Nelofer Pazira Pens a Letter of Hope to the Endangered Afghan Women. by Vogue Arabia. As a teenager, Nelofer Pazira fled Afghanistan. But while she may have left a nation in turmoil, her attachment to her roots and homeland has been unwavering.
Nelofer Pazira-Fisk is an award-winning Afghan-Canadian author, film director, journalist and actress. Her starring role in Kandahar, the acclaimed feature film presented at Cannes in 2001, brought Nelofer to the world’s attention.
Afghan-Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker, Nelofer Pazira, speaks of her love affair with history and when it began.
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Dec 21, 2016 · Afghan-Canadian journalist and fillmmaker Nelofer Pazira has been travelling in and out of the war-ravaged city for four years. In early November, she visited government-controlled...
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Sep 12, 2005 · This riveting memoir chronicles the physical, emotional, and spiritual odyssey of Nelofer Pazira, the star of and inspiration for the internationally acclaimed film Kandahar. As the story of Nelofer's tumultuous childhood unfolds, the reader is drawn into a world spinning wildly out of control.
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