The Afghan Alphabet

The Afghan Alphabet (Persian: الفبای افغان‎, Alefbay-e afghan) is a 2002 documentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf showing the life of children in the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by the Taliban regime.[1]

This article is about the 2002 documentary. For the alphabets used in Afghanistan, see Persian alphabet and Pashto alphabet.
The Afghan Alphabet
Directed byMohsen Makhmalbaf
Music byMohammad Reza Darvishi
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
CountryIran

Importance

In 2002 about 3 million Afghan refugees were living in Iran. From those about 700,000 were Afghan children who were not allowed to go to Iranian schools because of their illegal status in Iran.[2] After this movie was made, this subject became controversial and finally the Islamic Consultative Assembly passed a bill to allow Afghani children to go to school and it resulted in 500,000 kids getting education.

Awards & Festival Screenings

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-06-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "BBC فارسی - فرهنگ و هنر - الفبای افغان در برنامه آپارات". BBC Online (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2013.


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