Voice of the Afghan woman: filmmaker Roya Sadat
By AFP
02 March 2020 |
3:45 pm
For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women as one of the first female filmmakers to make her name after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. She has won plaudits at home and abroad.
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