Nahid Shahalimi

Nahid Shahalimi was born in Afghanistan in 1973. In 1985, she fled to Canada with her mother and sisters, travelling via Pakistan, and studied fine arts and politics there. She worked as an artist, filmmaker, activist, and author. In 2017, she published the book “Wo Mut die Seele trägt. Wir Frauen in Afghanistan” (“We Women of Afghanistan”), for which she travelled to Afghanistan over several years and spoke with women about their projects, goals, and hopes for the future. Her award-winning documentary film “We The Women of Afghanistan: A Silent Revolution” was released in 2018.