16 Days in Afghanistan

16 Days in Afghanistan is a 2007 documentary about the journey of AfghanAmerican Anwar Hajher director traveling to his homeland Afghanistan afteryears to rediscover his country. The film is produced by Mithaq Kazimi and is the first documentary since the fall of Taliban to be shot in those provinces which remain under the heavy influence of the Taliban. It is also the first professionally produced documentary about Afghanistan by a team of Afghan filmmakers and has become a reference film used by many, including Penguin Bookss study guides about Afghanrelated books.

In 2011, the film was selected by the National Museum of Afghanistan in partnership with the National Geographic as an object of cultural heritage and will be showcased alongside other cultural artifacts in exhibitions around the world. The first of such exhibition was the Afghanistan Crossroads of the Ancient World in the British Museum MarchMay, 2011.16 Days in Afghanistan has also been shown in many television stations, film festivals and nonprofit events around the world. It is in circulation in many public school and university libraries. It has become one of the major and key documentaries about Afghanistan and is used by many people and organizations as a resource. Some include the official study guide from Penguin Group for Khaled Hosseinis novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. The China International Television Corporation have used the documentary to explore and better understand the culture of Afghanistan to conduct their videoconferencing on Afghanistan. ........

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