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Ayenda. by Margolius, Marie,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2023.For a generation of Afghan women, education and opportunities were a given. Growing up post-Taliban meant they enjoyed a freedom their mothers never did. But that all changed in August 2021, when the Taliban regained power in Kabul. One group of women saw what was coming and made the difficult decision to leave their home and their families and, in the dark of night, escape for the security of a better life anywhere but there. Through the harrowing first person stories of the young women who make up the Afghan Women’s Soccer team, we experience the immediate day to day and personal impact of two decades of American foreign policy decisions (and failures).Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; Physical education and training.; Foreign study.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.;
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War dogs [videorecording] / by Chin, Stephen,screenwriter.; Cooper, Bradley,film producer.; Gordon, Mark,1956-film producer.; Hill, Jonah,actor.; Lantz, Steve,actor.; Phillips, Todd,1970-film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Pollak, Kevin,1958-actor.; Smilovic, Jason,screenwriter.; Teller, Miles,actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Music, Cliff Martinez ; editor, Jeff Groth ; director of photography, Lawrence Sher.Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Kevin Pollak.Two friends in their early twenties living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, drug use and some sexual references.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Crime films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Defense contracts; Male friendship; Money; Small business; Weapons industry;
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Radio free Afghanistan : a twenty-year odyssey for an independent voice in Kabul / by Mohseni, Saad,1966-author.; Krajeski, Jenna,author.;
"From Saad Mohseni, the deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan. Saad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media company, charts a twenty-year effort to bring a free press to his country after years of Taliban rule, and how that effort persists even after the Taliban's return to power in 2021. In the heady early days of the American occupation, Mohseni returns to Kabul which he had last seen as a child before the Soviet invasion. Casting about for ways to be involved in the dawn of a new Afghanistan, Mohseni makes what seems like a quixotic decision to leave the comforts of a career in international banking to start a Kabul radio station with his three siblings. This unlikely venture quickly blossoms into a burgeoning television empire, bringing Mohseni and his family and employees into sometimes uncomfortable contact with everyone who has a stake in the country -- from the government of Hamid Karzai to White House officials. Moreover, their radio and television networks soon become a necessary beacon for millions of Afghans, who rely on them not just for independent news but for joyful pleasures like soap operas and Afghan Star, a beloved national singing competition in a country whose previous rulers had banned (and would again ban) music. Mohseni's position at Moby affords him unique insights into this extraordinary yet troubled country, the youngest in the world outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, and his powerful account captures the spirit and resilience of the Afghan people -- notably the hundreds of men and women still working in Moby's Kabul office today, who, once again under Taliban rule, create programs, report the news, and educate the public. Radio Free Afghanistan is a stunning, vibrant portrait of a nation in turmoil, poised between despair and hope"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Mohseni, Saad, 1966-; Mass media; Mass media;
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Gay Under the Taliban. by Hall, Dan,film director.; Lewis, Laya,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Laya LewisOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2022.For LGBTQ+ people living in Afghanistan, the years before the return of the Taliban saw life showing signs of slight improvement. But in 2021 all that progress quickly evaporated, and they were forced back into hiding. This film follows a handful of LGBTQ+ Afghans who are now terrified, persecuted and now hiding from individuals they had previously lived alongside peacefully. Without access to jobs, the legal system or medical services, their fractured lives are crumbling. Using footage smuggled out of Afghanistan, mixed with archive and animation, this film reveals their harrowing story.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Foreign study.; Homosexuality.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; LGBTQ.; Current affairs.; Afghanistan.;
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World shakers : inspiring women activists / by Wolfe, Helen,1953-2022.;
"What does it take to change the world? Whether it was the rule that forced Muslim women athletes like Ibtihaj Muhammad to choose between competition and wearing hijab or Indigenous women like Mary Two-Axe Earley to lose their official Indigenous status when they married white men, these women fought against it. Sometimes, they used their voice, like disability rights activist Judy Heumann, and Alicia Garza, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Sometimes, they led by example, like the STEM-loving Afghan Dreamers. All of them had the courage to shake the world and make a path for other women to follow."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Women political activists; Women social reformers; Women; Women;
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Rain on the dead / by Higgins, Jack,1929-author.;
"In the past few years, the killing and capture of many al-Qaeda leaders has left the terrorist organization wounded--but by no means dead. And they intend to prove it. On a dark summer night, two Chechen mercenaries emerge from the waters off Nantucket to kill a high-value target, the former president of the United States, Jake Cazalet. Unfortunately for them, Cazalet has guests with him, including black ops specialist Sean Dillon and his colleague, Afghan war hero Captain Sara Gideon. The Chechens do not survive the night, but Dillon is curious as to how they even got on the island"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Qaida (Organization); Dillon, Sean (Fictitious character); Presidents; Spy stories.; Terrorism;
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Sandblast / by Pessin, Al.;
Pentagon Covert Ops runner Bridget Davenport, must find someone to infiltrate the Taliban, get to the terrorist mastermind, and at all costs stop his plan for an attack more destructive than 9/11. Bridget finds young California-raised Afghan-American Lieutenant Faraz Abdallah. His heritage and military training make him the perfect undercover agent, but no one knows whether he can do the job. Success depends on Faraz's ability to fool the Taliban's top leaders and become a terrorist, while remembering why he's really there. Bridget believes in him, but it will take everything she has to keep the president and the top brass from pulling the plug...
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Adventure.; Undercover operations; Terrorism;
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Amok / by Eisler, Barry,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and filmography.1991. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another two as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahideen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family's troubles. But secret wars are never what they're billed to be, and Dox is about to get the education of his young life. Among the lessons--the only thing more dangerous than war is falling in love with your enemy.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Fathers and sons; Mercenary troops; Parolees;
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Amok [sound recording] / by Eisler, Barry,author,narrator.; Brilliance Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.1991. A restless young man called Dox is back home in Texas. His friends have missed him, and his mother and sisters need him. But after four years as a Marine and another two as a CIA contractor fighting the Soviet Union alongside the Afghan mujahideen, small-town life in Abilene is a suffocating dead end. Another secret war, this one in Southeast Asia, offers a big payday and the solution to his family's troubles. But secret wars are never what they're billed to be, and Dox is about to get the education of his young life. Among the lessons--the only thing more dangerous than war is falling in love with your enemy.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Fathers and sons; Mercenary troops; Parolees;
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A devil is waiting / by Higgins, Jack,1929-;
"A devil is indeed waiting. The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the "Prime Minister's private army" are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon. She has her own deep contacts, but the more she investigates, the more she discovers herself in a very dark place indeed. For the assassination plan is only the beginning."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; United States. President; Americans; Terrorism;
© c2012., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
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