who asked her to direct a new adaptation of “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. Khaled Hosseini’s novel of 2007 tells the story of two women of different generations, Mariam and Laila, who are both ...

Her most successful films -- including "A Letter to the President" and "Three Dots" -- focus on women and their perseverance in the face of ... through "A Thousand Splendid Suns" for Sadat ...

It was important to “bring out that face of beauty of Afghanistan ... the cities where “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is set. Herat’s famous sunsets and tall, slender minarets form the ...

Seattle Opera’s world premiere of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” (through March 11) provides no such reassurance. Many years in the making, the opera, which opened Saturday night, brought ...