Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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Pakistani journalist and filmmaker; Director of A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness amongst other films

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on KCRW

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shares her path from directing award-winning documentary shorts in Pakistan to making the hit television limited series “Ms. Marvel.”

'Ms. Marvel' director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy says series celebrates Pakistani culture

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shares her path from directing award-winning documentary shorts in Pakistan to making the hit television limited series “Ms. Marvel.”

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When 19-year-old Saba Qaiser fell in love and ran off to marry her boyfriend, her family was not happy. That might have been the end of it if Saba was from Paris or Toronto.

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