Word: rahimi
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...Rahimi recounted his arrival in Paris, when he spoke no French and found no use for his native Persian. He said he turned to the world of film...
...Rahimi, who now divides his time between Paris and Kabul, encountered complex issues of language and expression after fleeing Afghanistan for France in 1984. Such an experience of geographical displacement can intensify artistic drive, Rahimi said...
...visiting polymath—Rahimi also speaks Urdu and some English—spoke of his most recent project in his homeland. As creative advisor to Afghanistan’s largest media group, Rahimi trains young filmmakers and has led the development of the country’s first soap opera...
...Rahimi suggested that his wandering was at once physical and artistic. After studying film at the Sorbonne, and releasing more than 20 documentaries, he began to write novels in Persian. His first novel in French, “Singue Sabour” (“Stone of Patience”), earned him the Goncourt Prize...
...bring about political change in his country, Rahimi insisted that Afghanistan needs a cultural revolution led by youth and artists. His real goal was “to use television as a tool for education, because this was a way to reach people who don’t know how to read and write,” Rahimi said through a translator...