Rabia Balkhi is one of the most famous Afghan poets, but she also died for love.
Through the decades, downtown Kabul's Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still ...
His work, including the 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin,” exposed the often harsh realities of life experienced by his fellow ...
Guy Ritchie highlights the complexities of war in an underrated story about an American soldier trying to get an interpreter ...
Taliban authorities razed Kabul’s Ariana Cinema, opened in 1963, to build a shopping complex, closing a cultural venue that ...
Master Sgt. John Chapman served at Pope Air Force Base before being killed in action in 2002. Hollywood is now making a movie ...
Through the dust kicked up by the pounding hooves of a scrum of horses and riders, a winner emerges. The final of Afghanistan’s hugely popular annual tournament of buzkashi, a traditional equestrian ...
Poetry about love between a man and a woman was banned by the Taliban in September 2025. For many Afghans, poetry is something which is very much a part of everyday life and has often been passed down ...
Mohammad Bakri, a prominent Palestinian actor and director who was known for his work in “Homeland” and the Oscar-nominated ...
The Ariana Cinema was closed after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, when authorities banned most forms of entertainment, including films and music ...
This year, the films in the International Competition section of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) underscored ...
By T N Ashok On a humid evening in Mumbai, the applause began before the final scene had ended. The screen was still soaked ...