Leena Alam
Leena Alam (Persian: لينا علم, born in Kabul, Afghanistan)[1] is an Afghan film, television, and theater actress. She has appeared in films such as Kabuli Kid, Black Kite, Loori, A Letter to the President and Hassan.[1] She is widely known to have worked on film and TV that speak of child marriage, gender inequality, women's rights and social conflicts.
She has also been known as "Shereen of Afghanistan" (شیرین افغانستان) after playing in the taboo-smashing feminist television drama, Shereen (شیرین), the first of its kind to have been made in Afghanistan, directed by Ghafar Azad and produced by Kaboora and Tolo TV. Shereen was nominated...read more