Angelina Jolie Joins Instagram to Share Letter From ‘Scared’ Afghan Girl

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAfghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who is at the Venice Film Festival gap financing market with the documentary “Kabul Melody,” says the lives of more than 150 students of Kabul’s National Institute of Music (ANIM) are at risk after armed Taliban guards shuttered the school and smashed all the musical instruments inside.A few days after the Taliban occupied Kabul “they went to the school and smashed all the instruments,” says Mani who has been making a

VENICE -- Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban begged the world to not forget the Afghan people and to support its artists, warning Saturday that a country without culture will eventually lose its identity.The Venice Film Festival organized a panel discussion Saturday to give a platform to Sahraa Karimi, the first female president of the Afghan Film Organization, and documentary filmmaker Sahra Mani, who is presenting a project at the Venice film market fair.Karimi choked up while

iOS - Android In response to the situation in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the council told Lanarkshire Live today: "South Lanarkshire Council and Community Planning Partners will welcome five Afghan families (approximately 25 people) and arrival arrangements are being put in place to receive and resettle families as a matter of priority." Since 2015, more than 170 Syrian refugees were re-homed in the region following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.It is understood that COSLA

Angelina Jolie has been one of the world's most renowned celebrity humanitarians, especially as a UNHCR special envoy who has visited countries all over the world to raise awareness.MORE: Angelina Jolie shares heartbreaking letter from teenage girl amid Afghanistan crisisShe is making a new move towards increasing her reach as an advocate with her latest career development as an author.WATCH: 90-second quiz: Test your Angelina Jolie knowledgeIn a special online event, Angelina joined three youth

Angelina Jolie is adding beekeeping to a growing list of passions, including acting, directing, humanitarian work and motherhood.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAfghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, who was at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 with female-centric drama “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” will soon be traveling back to the fest to raise awareness about the plight of filmmakers in her country after the Taliban’s reclamation of power.Karimi is also head of state-run company Afghan Film –– the first woman to head the org –– and managed to flee her country shortly after Kabul fell into the Taliban’s grip.

Angelina Jolie has finally joined Instagram. The Oscar-winning actress made her debut on Friday using her first post to bring attention to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.

Angelina Jolie is deeply unhappy with the current situation in Afghanistan after the U.S. abruptly withdrew troops, resulting in chaos and anarchy as the government fell to the Taliban within days, and she shared her thoughts in an op-ed she wrote for Time.

Evening Standard, Jolie gained 2.1 million new followers in just three hours, which beat Attenborough’s four hours 44 minutes, Grint’s four hours one minute, and Moon’s one hour 45 minutes. As of the time of publishing, the Tomb Raider actor has 6.4 million followers.“This is a letter I was sent from a teenage girl in Afghanistan,” Jolie captioned her first post.

Angelina Jolie has shared a letter she received from an Afghan girl detailing her fears about living in the country. The actor and special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, made an Instagram account to share the letter, which she anonymised.

Angelina Jolie finally joined Instagram in an official capacity – and is using her enormous reach to share the voices of those who are facing the crisis in Afghanistan head-on. In the "Maleficent" star's first-ever post to the popular platform, Jolie shared a letter she said she received from a teenage girl in Afghanistan.

Angelina Jolie has begun her social media life with a bang, as her first post has accumulated 1,168,915 likes and 3.7 million followers in just nine hours.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAngelina Jolie launched an Instagram account Friday, in what appeared to be the actor-producer-director’s first-ever social media presence, to call attention to the plight of people in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the country.Jolie’s viral first Instagram post included an image of a hand-written letter she said was sent from a teenage girl in Afghanistan, who expressed fear about attending school under the Taliban regime.“Right now, the

Angelina Jolie has finally joined Instagram. The Oscar-winning actress made her debut on Friday using her first post to bring attention to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.

Angelia Jolie is finally on Instagram — and is unsurprisingly using her platform for good.