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Lida Abdul

IndieLisboa 2009 • Pulsar do Mundo

Austria, Afghanistan, Experimental, 2008, 4′

This piece takes place on the outskirts of Kabul, where the landscape is littered with the detritus of more than 20 years. These are uncanny sights, a symbol of the presence of the physical and psychological traumas of wars that have defined the history of Afghanistan for almost three decades now.

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