2005 - Nelofer Pazira, A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan
Nelofer is a frequent speaker at international conferences as well as universities and colleges including Carleton University and George Washington University, and was a keynote speaker at the Religion, Culture & Conflict symposium at Trinity Western University.
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Nelofer holds a degree in Journalism and English Literature from Carleton University (Ottawa), and an master's degree in Anthropology/Sociology and Religion from Concordia University (Montreal).
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Nelofer later performed in, co-produced, and co-directed Return to Kandahar, which won the 2003 Gemini Award in Canada and also appeared in Christian Frei’s documentary, The Giant Buddhas.
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Recently, she received an honorary doctorate of letters from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia.
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Her radio documentary Of Paradise and Failure, about the fate of a young suicide bomber and his family, was the winner of the Silver Medal at New York’s media award ceremony.