Thank you Screen Magazine for the wonderful story about the The Academy qualification of "Far from Home" and the recent news about legendary thespian Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) joining the #documentary as executive producer: screenmag.com/afghan-refugee…

Far from Home is the story of Samira Faizi, an Afghan refugee who fled to India in 2021 and is now grappling with a limbo situation. It's an important story about refugee rights and migration, which is why I urge you to watch the film.

Please join us #WashingtonDC 'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening #Afghanistan #India #refugees pulitzercenter.org/event/far-home…

Pulitzer Center Northwestern Medill U.S. Mission to Afghanistan 🚶🏻Curtis S. Chin UNHCR Afghanistan Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs Beth W. Bailey Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival & Symp Medill News Service

#USA 🇺🇸 #DC — As the countdown continues to #US #ThanksgivingDay 🦃, ponder being #FarFromHome & this… 'Far From Home' #Oscar Consideration Screening Event Date: Dec. 3, 2025 | 6-8:00 PM EST Zenger Room The National Press Club 529 14th ST NW Washington, DC 20045 WHCA Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981

In which country are women banned from even speaking to one another?

China’s so-called development in #Tibet comes at a cultural cost! Beijing is disconnecting Tibetan youth from their roots, their language & their soul to accomplish its long-term agenda: "a Tibet without Tibetan identity" It’s cultural erasure. #FreeTibet dailyexcelsior.com/china-alienati…

On the occasion of #16DaysOfActivism, we stand in solidarity with Afghan women and girls. Women’s rights activist Wajia Amini shouted that women suffer every day and the world shares this pain. Women urgently need support. Stand up now, say no to gender apartheid.

A big thank you to the extraordinarily talented Ankita Kumar (AK) for speaking to my Northwestern Medill class about her award-winning doc "Far from Home" that recently quantified for The Academy Awards. You can catch the film on Wed. Dec. 3rd: pulitzercenter.org/event/far-home…

The Taliban want women covered, hidden, without identity, needy and without image and voice, and Afghan society is moving in this direction.💔😡

Over 40,000 children work in Chinese owned Cobalt mines in the DRC. Read that again.

Please support and stand up with Afghan women with every way you can.🙏

Afghans leave Afghanistan in the hope of a better life, but what happens when their country of refuge doesn't want them? I encourage you to watch Far from Home at the National Press Club in DC on December 3. (1/2)

Hope to see you there! I will be there in person and the film's producer, Brent E. Huffman will join virtually. The event, co-hosted by Pulitzer Center, will be followed by a Q&A, moderated by Benjamin Alvarez from DW News. (2/2)

"Afghan girls are not asking for miracles. We just want a chance to learn." Mohadessa Hassani

Director Ankita Kumar came on The Afghanistan Project Podcast to talk about her excellent documentary, 'Far From Home.' Please listen, share, and subscribe: youtu.be/9NYwl-2xhLA?si…

For your Oscar consideration for Best Short Documentary - "Far from Home" is now viewable on the @theacademy Awards portal. When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.

Directed by the incredibly talented Ankita Kumar @diariesofajourno Executive produced by Naseeruddin Shaw (Mansoon Wedding). Funded by Pulitzer Center

Trailer here: youtu.be/LykapSY4aAI?si…