Afghan Media

Media that originated in Afghanistan.

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Actors

• Leena Alam
• Josh Gad (His father is a Jewish emigrant from Afghanistan)
• Azita Ghanizada (American actress who was born in Afghanistan but her family fled when she was a baby)
• Marina Golbahari
• Humayoon Shams Khan
• Mamnoon Maqsoodi
• Anisa Wahab

Authors

• Nadia Anjuman
• Raziq Faani
• Khaled Hosseini
• Ali-Shir Nava'i
• Atiq Rahimi
• Mahmud Tarzi
• Jalil Zaland

Directors

• Latif Ahmadi
• Siddiq Barmak
• Sonia Nassery Cole
• Anwar Hajher
• Nelofer Pazira

Live Action Films

• The Black Tulip
• Earth And Ashes
• Gumashtan
• Kabuli Kid (French-Afghan film)
• A Letter to the President
• Opium War
• Osama

Music

• Omar Akram
• Farhad Darya
• Soosan Firooz
• Miri Maftun

Writers

• Qahar Asi
• Layla Sarahat Rushani

Presenters

• Nelufar Hedayat

Television

• Sharq TV

Series

• Baghch-e-Simsim, the Afghan co-production of Sesame Street