1973-01-01 Hyderabad, India
Nelofer Pazira is an Afghan-Canadian filmmaker, actress, journalist, and author, born in 1973 in Hyderabad, India. She was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lived through a decade of Soviet occupation before fleeing to Pakistan in 1989 and immigrating to Canada in 1990. She studied journalism and English literature at Carleton University and earned a master’s degree in anthropology, sociology, and religion from Concordia University. In 2001, she starred in the film “Kandahar,” based on her real-life attempt to find a childhood friend. She later co-directed “Return to Kandahar” and authored the memoir “A Bed of Red Flowers.”
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آهنگ سیما | Suraya (older) | 2024-10-31 |
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The Giant Buddhas | 2005-08-05 | |
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The Return to Kandahar | herself | 2003-07-01 |
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Safar e Ghandehar | Nafas | 2001-05-11 |
