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The Afghan Alphabet

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The Afghan Alphabet
Directed byMohsen Makhmalbaf
Music byMohammad Reza Darvishi
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
CountryIran

The Afghan Alphabet (Persian: الفبای افغان, romanizedAlefbay-e afghan) is a 2002 documentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf showing the life of children in the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by the Taliban regime.[1]

Importance

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In 2002 about 3 million Afghan refugees were living in Iran. From those about 700,000 were Afghan children who were not allowed to go to Iranian schools because of their illegal status in Iran.[2] After this movie was made, this subject became controversial and finally the Islamic Consultative Assembly passed a bill to allow Afghani children to go to school and it resulted in 500,000 kids getting education.

Awards & Festival Screenings

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References

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  1. ^ "Wild Bunch - AFGHAN ALPHABET". Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  2. ^ a b "BBC فارسی - فرهنگ و هنر - الفبای افغان در برنامه آپارات". BBC Online (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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