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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy:
Pakistan’s Saving Face for the Oscars

All the Pakistani eyes on the Oscars will be seeking out the documentary filmmaker
By Maliha Rehman

Hennaed hands lead up to an acid-burn victim’s disfigured face. Matter-of-factly, she narrates how her husband attacked her with acid while she was asleep. The trailer to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Daniel Junge’s Saving Face begins with the words, “There are over 100 acid attacks reported in Pakistan every year. Many more go unreported.” The excerpts that follow show different victims recount the cruelty they have suffered................

 
 
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Pakistan’s viral romance

You’d think that being Pakistani, we’re easily amused. That living in the middle of our very own Orwellian meets Freudian nightmare, we will take any crumb of humour and.............
 
 
 
 
 
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