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Afghan Director Roya Sadat Cleared to Visit Red Sea Festival After Being Denied Earlier and Denouncing It (EXCLUSIVE)
Afghan film director Roya Sadat denounces denied entry into Saudi to present her film ‘Sima’s Song’ at Red Sea Film Festival after being issued visa.
Sadat noted that current Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, a U.S.-designated terrorist who has a $10 million bounty on his head, reportedly recently visited Saudi Arabia, specifically traveling to Jeddah and to the Kaaba in the Holy City of Mecca, which is Islam’s most important mosque, for a pilgrimage. “Sima’s Song,” which follows a wealthy Communist and a poor Muslim woman as they navigate the country’s socialist transition during the Soviet invasion and the emergence of anti-Soviet resistance movements, premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival last month. A pioneering figure in Afghan cinema, Sadat’s career spans the turbulent evolution of filmmaking in her homeland, from writing her first screenplay during the initial Taliban regime – when screening movies could result in public lashings – to becoming one of Afghanistan’s most prominent directors.
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