This year, she had Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal entertainment & studios, and filmmakers Ava DuVernay and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy as her co-hosts – describing the trio as “formidable ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was honoured with the Cinema for Peace Dove Award for Women’s Empowerment at the Cinema for Peace Gala 2025 for her film Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman in ...

At the start of World War II, fat, frisky young King Farouk I of Egypt suffered from nightmares in which he was chased by an angry lion. Haggard from loss of sleep, Farouk sought counsel of ...

Documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy tackles honor killings in Pakistan in her newest short subject film. (SOC Films) What was your reaction to the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif citing ...

UPDATE: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy made history on February 26, 2012, becoming the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award. Asia Society President Vishakha Desai released the following statement: Last ...

“I don’t think anyone is afraid of dying but I think everyone would be afraid of dying in an unjust manner.” Updated 17 Apr, 2019 05:14pm ...