Chabname Zariab

Chabname Zariab (born 1982, in Kabul), is an Afghan writer, screenwriter and director based in Paris, France.

Biography 
Chabname was born in Kabul in 1982 and moved to Paris, France with her parents in 1991. She studied law and cinema and also learnt Persian. She was specialized in burglary damage for an Insurance Company.

Professional career

Publication

The Afghan Pianist 
Chabname's first novel, "The Afghan Pianist" was originally a script written for the cinema. In this novel, Chabname tells about the childhood of a little girl, who moved from Kabul to France and grows up to return to Afghanistan to look for the boy she loved. The novel was published by Editions de l'Aube and Chabname is currently writing the continuation of the novel, which is supposed to take place between London and Paris. The novel was released on 6 January 2011. Chabname Zairab was voted by 1,241 high school students as the winner of the 2012 Mediterranean High School Award, which was organised by the Languedoc-Roussillon Region, in partnership with the Mediterranean Center for Literature and Languedoc-Roussillon Books and Reading, the Rectorate and the Regional Center for Pedagogical Documentation of the Montpellier Academy.

Filmography

To the Sound of Bells (Au bruit des bells) (2015) 
This was a short film by Chabname, set in Tunisia and was produced in 2015 by The Ball Films, and was produced abroad by Godolphin Films SA and had the support of CNC and ARTE. It tells the story of Saman, a young Afghan prostitute (Bacha bazi), forced to dress up as a girl and dance publicly in front of men. He is forced to teach his successor Bijane (another boy), despite being envious of the boy, who could rob Saman of the feelings and the protection of his master. The Royal Society of Arts projected this film on 29 March 2010 and then on French channel Arte. This film won the Best Fiction Prize at the 2016 edition of the International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand.

The Camel Boy (2018) 
This short film by Chabname, produced by Bien ou Bien Productions, tells the story of a little boy in a desert, who forcefully gets drawn into the business of camel racing; whose hope to unite with his mother again gives him the strength to find a place in the hostile environment.

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Category:Afghan women writers
Category:Afghan women film directors
Category:1982 births
Category:Living people