A charming old farmhouse in the French countryside with a loving musician husband, chef wife, and new daughter seems like the start of a whimsical romp, does it not? If only. Anna and her husband ...

Saira Shah grew up in England listening to stories her father, an Afghan aristocrat, told -- fantastic tales about his homeland, a magical place where "fountains fling diamond droplets into mosaic ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The moment Saira Shah and her camera crew glimpsed the small mud house ...

NEW YORK, September 22, 2003 - Saira Shah first visited Afghanistan at age twenty-one and worked there for three years as a freelance journalist, covering the guerilla war against the Soviet ...

The Intl. Documentary Assn. has tapped Saira Shah as recipient of its first Courage Under Fire Award for her work in Afghanistan. Kudos will be presented Dec. 7 during the 17th annual IDA Achievement ...

After having seen Saira Shah’s documentary “Beneath the Veil,” I imagine that we can expect more of the same in her latest, “Unholy War” (“Lifting the Veil Again,” Nov. 17). Beyond “Beneath the Veil’s ...

Saira Shah grew up in Britain with a romantic picture of her Afghan ancestral homeland created through her father's stories. Years later as a journalist and documentary producer, she would bear ...

Larry Mantle is joined by journalist and documentarian Saira Shah, to talk about her new memoir The Storyteller's Daughter (Knofp). She grew up in London as the daughter of an Afghan aristocrat, ...