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Nahid Shahalimi

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About the Author

NAHID SHAHALIMI was born in Afghanistan and left with her family when she was young to begin a new life in Canada. Later, she moved to Germany where she works today as an author, artist, and social entrepreneur. She started travelling to Afghanistan in 2011, visiting Kabul and remote provinces to interview Afghan women. In 2017 she published her first book in German, Where Courage Bears the Soul, to great acclaim. The following year she released her award-winning film We The Women of Afghanistan: A Silent Revolution. We Are Still Here is her first English language publication.

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