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Art captured by ideology: How the Taliban silenced Afghanistan’s cinema industry
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (967+ words) The empty hall of the now-demolished Park Cinema in Kabul. Screenshot from the video "Park Cinema " Kabul | Destruction of Park Cinema Kabul Afghanistan" from Pathan Film YouTube channel. Fair use. The importance of Afghan Film lies not only in its…...
‘Identity is never fixed. It’s layered, constantly shifting’: An interview with Iranian-American artist Soraya Sharghi
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1604+ words) Her art, she explains, is a form of reclamation and protection: "Growing up in Iran, imagination became my refuge. Surrealism was not just an artistic influence; it was a way of surviving reality." In her visual lexicon, myth becomes autobiography;…...
From barren land to thriving forest: The story of photographer Sebastião Salgado’s Instituto Terra in Brazil
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1098+ words) Support non-profit journalism and perspectives from around the world. See all those languages? The Lingua project at Global Voices works to bring down barriers to understanding through translation. In 1998, it was there that he and his wife, cultural producer L'lia…...