Tag: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen’s look at acid attacks strikes a hopeful note

When Karachi-born film director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made ‘Saving Face’, she tackled one of the hidden taboos of her society: acid attacks by men...

PM announces high Civil Award for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced conferring a high Civil Award on Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on winning an Oscar Award for her documentary...

Welcome to Pakistan, Oscar!

Accustomed to being the focus of bad news, the Pakistani nation celebrated on Monday after a filmmaker from Karachi won the country’s first Academy...

Sharmeen Obaid on the road to Oscar glory

Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has been nominated for an Academy Award for her documentary ‘Saving Face’, co-directed with Daniel Junge, and will be...

‘Our biggest concern was being Kidnapped by Taliba’

Last year, Karachi-born filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an International Emmy for “Pakistan’s Taliban Generation”, her documentary focusing on young Taliban recruits in the aftermath...