Dear Friends,
I am very excited to announce that my film “We Came Home” will be premiering next month at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival. It feels really right to premiere our film in a country that is so diverse and spiritual, yet really innovative and modern. And especially in a country that historically has created such an important musical legacy.
thank you ! super honored. see you in Sao Paulo 🙂
xo
ariana
p.s. the festival is October 19th – November 1st !!! tell your homies in Sao Paolo !
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Dear Friends,
I have been officially invited and confirmed to perform and speak at TEDx Kabul. I am honored to be part of the first TED event in Kabul. I will be sponsored by The Voice Project, an amazing organization that I am an ambassador for. I really respect and believe in both of these organizations so much.
Thank you for your support ! Here is to a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan and beyond…
xo
ariana
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Kids-  I’ve been crazy editing my documentary all summer.  Really excited that its all coming together !!!! i love my team 🙂
xoxo
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Thank you Center Theatre Group for inviting me to be part of a playwriting master class, I learned a lot. Such an honor I really love what you do and am honored that you believe in my work. Super rad.
x ariana
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Dear Friends,
The Afghan Anthology I was asked to be part of a few years ago just won a silver medal in the Independent Publishing awards for Best Anthology of 2012 !!! Â My dear friends Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi did an incredible job curating and editing the anthology. Â Lots of really beautiful heartfelt pieces- truly a historic and relevant work that im really honored to have been included in. It’s exciting to watch this young Afghan diaspora sharing and creating value in beautiful ways.
It’s called “One Story Thirty Stories:Â An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature”
its available on amazon.
LOVE !
ariana
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hey kids-
The documentary is officially finished !!!! so excited to share with you kids… soon <3
new album is also almost finished 🙂 not telling you anything about it.
LOVE !
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this audio book by scholastic called “Words in the Dust” by Trent Reedy was also just released on tape. I did the narration. it was an extremely profound experience for me. It kind of felt like preparing for a one woman show since i had to be all of the characters… I especially enjoyed reading as the character “Meena”. an Afghan grandmother who teaches the protagonist Zulaikha about Afghanistan before the war and before the Taliban. It was very moving for me to create this. I hope you enjoy it and share it with any young people or your children…
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0070YJX02
xoxo
ariana
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