At a glance

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Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2001 CE · 1422 AH†
Countries: IR · FR
Approach: drama of Muslim life

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf about a Canadian–Afghan journalist who travels to Kandahar under Taliban rule to save her sister; one of the best-known films about Afghanistan before 2001. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

For Sama· Quo Vadis, Aida?· The Milkmaid· The Cave· The Burdened· The Swimmers· Turtles Can Fly· The Palestinian Exile

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Kandahar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/kandahar-2001/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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For Sama

Waad al-Kateab's documentary filmed in besieged Aleppo addressed to her daughter Sama; a human witness of the Syrian war, Oscar-nominated.