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  • Two women (left) dressed in traditional burka dresses are walking past a cart carrying brand new television sets along a more modern Afghan woman and her young daughter, (right) on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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  • Two women dressed in traditional burka dresses are walking on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, during the late afternoon hours.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Azita Arif Nazimi, 25, (right) is presenting 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her guest and other members of the show are sitting near Azita. .
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  • Azita Arif Nazimi, 25, (centre) is presenting 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Alka Sadat, 24, (centre), an award-winning documentary and fiction filmmaker, is smiling while sitting at her desk in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Azita Arif Nazimi, 25, (left) is presenting 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (centre) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is practising in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (centre) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is portrayed in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (centre) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is portrayed in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Roya Sadat, 28, a documentary and fiction filmmaker, is speaking on the phone in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Roya's most famous production is titled 'Three Dots', an award-winning film that tells the story of women's village life in the province of Herat in western Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Roya Sadat, 28, (right) and Alka Sadat, 24, (centre), two sisters working on documentary and fiction film, are sitting at their desk while editing their recent shooting in their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Aziz Dilder, 28, (left) a teacher at the cinema department of the fine art faculty of Kabul University is collaborating with the two brave sisters since about one year. Roya's most famous production is titled 'Three Dots' and it is an award-winning film that tells the story of women's village life in the province of Herat in western Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Aghele Rezaie, 30, (right) the famous Afghan actress who has taken part in the controversial movie 'At Five in the Afternoon' (Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize in 2003) is portrayed while sitting in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. 'At Five in the Afternoon' focuses on the life of a progressive young woman who dreams of growing up to become the President of the Republic despite her oppressive home life and a strained relationship with her bigoted but loving father. The film follows the daily struggles of Afghan women in post-Taliban Afghanistan with tenderness and hope against a tragic background of death and despair. .
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (centre) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is practising in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis. .
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Somaya Rezaie, 20, a young Afghan actress whose career has been affected by having part of the movie where she acted subtracted and played along 'music clips' is portrayed in a friend's home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women appearing on 'music clips' in Afghanistan can be seen as 'immoral' by the public, might face dangers while and their careers can also be at stake.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (centre) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is portrayed in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis. .
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Zahra Mohseni, 23, the director of 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, is sitting at her desk in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Somaya Rezaie, 20, a young Afghan actress whose career has been affected by having part of the movie where she acted subtracted and played along 'music clips', is gazing at the streets from the window of a friend's home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women appearing on 'music clips' in Afghanistan can be seen as 'immoral' by the public, might face dangers while and their careers can also be at stake.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Diana Saqib, 29, a renowned Afghan documentary filmmaker, is sitting in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Diana's most famous production to date is titled 'Twenty-Five Per Cent' and focus on the lives of six women MPs in Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Yasamin Yarmal, 42, (right) a famous Afghan actress taking part to 'Love and Old Age', a successful soap opera broadcasted by Ariana Television Network (ATN), is discussing her acting with Ghafar Zalam, 48, (right - hands and script visible) the director, inside a home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Yasamin Yarmal has performed in over 100 movies and some refer to her as the 'mother' of Afghan cinema. She was also selected as UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador in 2009 for her role in leading a change towards women within the conservative and patriarchal Afghan society.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • A section of Kabul, Afghanistan, is photographed from the heights of Television Mountain, one of the renowned viewing points of the city.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • A man is sitting next to the window of a DVD shop featuring Afghan, Bollywood and international movies in central Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Leena Alam, 27, is being interviewed by a presenter of Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leena Alam is an American-born Afghan model, actress and filmmaker who has recently moved to Kabul to perform and promote emancipation and better rights for women in the country. She is also a UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • A section of Kabul, Afghanistan, is photographed from a helicopter flying over the city.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Aghele Rezaie, 30, (right) the famous Afghan actress who has taken part in the controversial movie 'At Five in the Afternoon' (Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize in 2003) is helping her son, Tamim, 8, (left) with his daily homework in their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. 'At Five in the Afternoon' focuses on the life of a progressive young woman who dreams of growing up to become the President of the Republic despite her oppressive home life and a strained relationship with her bigoted but loving father. The film follows the daily struggles of Afghan women in post-Taliban Afghanistan with tenderness and hope against a tragic background of death and despair.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Azita Arif Nazimi, 25, is presenting 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Two young female members of the Aftab Theatre Group, one of the few performing teams in Kabul, are revising their acts while taking part to a practising session in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Leena Alam, 27, (right) is taking her coat off while preparing to be interviewed by a presenter of Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leena Alam is an American-born Afghan model, actress and filmmaker who has recently moved to Kabul to perform and promote emancipation and better rights for women in the country. She is also a UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Leena Alam, 27, is sitting while waiting to be interviewed by a presenter of Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leena Alam is an American-born Afghan model, actress and filmmaker who has recently moved to Kabul to perform and promote emancipation and better rights for women in the country. She is also a UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Diana Saqib, 29, a renowned Afghan documentary filmmaker, is writing on her laptop inside her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Diana's most famous production to date is titled 'Twenty-Five Per Cent' and focus on the lives of six women MPs in Afghanistan .
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Yasamin Yarmal, 42, (right) a famous Afghan actress taking part to 'Love and Old Age', a successful soap opera broadcasted by Ariana Television Network (ATN), is discussing her acting with Ghafar Zalam, 48, (right - hands and script visible) the director, inside a home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Yasamin Yarmal has performed in over 100 movies and some refer to her as the 'mother' of Afghan cinema. She was also selected as UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador in 2009 for her role in leading a change towards women within the conservative and patriarchal Afghan society.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (centre) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is practising in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Roya Sadat, 28, a documentary and fiction filmmaker, is sitting in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Roya's most famous production is titled 'Three Dots', an award-winning film that tells the story of women's village life in the province of Herat, western Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Roya Sadat, 28, a documentary and fiction filmmaker, is sitting in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Roya's most famous production is titled 'Three Dots', an award-winning film that tells the story of women's village life in the province of Herat, western Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Roya Sadat, 28, (right) and Alka Sadat, 24, (centre), two sisters working on documentary and fiction film, are sitting at their desk while editing part of their recent shooting in their home in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Diana Saqib, 29, a renowned Afghan documentary filmmaker, is writing on her laptop inside her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Diana's most famous production to date is titled 'Twenty-Five Per Cent' and focus on the lives of six women MPs in Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Azita Arif Nazimi, 25, is presenting 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Leena Alam, 27, (right) is waiting to be interviewed on Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leena Alam is an American-born Afghan model, actress and filmmaker who has recently moved to Kabul to perform and promote emancipation and better rights for women in the country. She is also a UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Somaya Rezaie, 20, a young Afghan actress whose career has been affected by having part of the movie where she acted subtracted and played along 'music clips', is gazing at the streets from the window of a friend's home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women appearing on 'music clips' in Afghanistan can be seen as 'immoral' by the public, might face dangers while and their careers can also be at stake.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • The Ariana Cinema is photographed in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Leena Alam, 27, is sitting inside at studio of Channel 1, an Afghan national television, before being interviewed by a presenter, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leena Alam is an American-born Afghan model, actress and filmmaker who has recently moved to Kabul to perform and promote emancipation and better rights for women in the country. She is also a UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Ghafar Zalam, 48, the director for the soap opera 'Love and Old Age', broadcasted by Ariana Television Network (ATN) and featuring the renowned actress Yasamin Yarmal, 42, is reading the script for the shoot inside a home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Yasamin Yarmal has performed in over 100 movies and some refer to her as the 'mother' of Afghan cinema. She was also selected as UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador in 2009 for her role in leading a change towards women within the conservative and patriarchal Afghan society.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Aghele Rezaie, 30, (right) the famous Afghan actress who has taken part in the controversial movie 'At Five in the Afternoon' (Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize in 2003) is portrayed while sitting in her home with her family in Kabul, Afghanistan. 'At Five in the Afternoon' focuses on the life of a progressive young woman who dreams of growing up to become the President of the Republic despite her oppressive home life and a strained relationship with her bigoted but loving father. The film follows the daily struggles of Afghan women in post-Taliban Afghanistan with tenderness and hope against a tragic background of death and despair.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Elaha Soroor, 20, (right) a finalist for 'Afghan Star', a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is listening to some of her songs with her younger brother (centre) and a female member of her music group (left) in her home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Elaha Soroor was a finalist of Afghan Star in the 2008-2009 edition but failed to win on the final night. Some believe she lost because of her gender, others believe because she is ethnically Hazara, a minority group constituting about 15% of Afghanistan's population with features similar to Mongolians, flat noses, broad faces and almond-shaped eyes. Hazaras are mostly Shia Muslims, as opposed to other Afghans who are for the most part Sunnis.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Yasamin Yarmal, 42, (left) a famous Afghan actress taking part to 'Love and Old Age', a successful soap opera broadcasted by Ariana Television Network (ATN), is smiling with her colleagues before moving to a location to shoot a part of the series. Yasamin Yarmal has performed in over 100 movies and some refer to her as the 'mother' of Afghan cinema. She was also selected as UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador in 2009 for her role in leading a change towards women within the conservative and patriarchal Afghan society.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Safia, 23, a renowned singer and former contestant to 'Afghan Star' 2008-2009 edition, a Tolo TV program similar to American Idol, is practising in a studio for the production and launch of her new album, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Leena Alam, 27, (right) is being interviewed by a presenter of Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Leena Alam is an American-born Afghan model, actress and filmmaker who has recently moved to Kabul to perform and promote emancipation and better rights for women in the country. She is also a UNAMA (United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) Peace Ambassador.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Mixed members of the Aftab Theatre Group, one of the few performing teams in Kabul, are revising their acts while taking part to a practising session in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
  • Azita Arif Nazimi, 25, (centre) is presenting 'Family Live Show', a television program broadcasted live by Channel 1, an Afghan national television, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    Performing_For_Freedom_Kabul_Afghani...JPG
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