By Sonya Rehman

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was in her office, in her hometown of Karachi, Pakistan, when she found out that “Saving Face,” which she co-directed with Daniel Junge, had been nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary short.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – Photo: Amean J

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The Wall Street Journal, Scene Asia

Some people make things happen, some watch while things happen, and some wonder “what happened? Film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has become the first Pakistani to win an Oscar nomination for the best documentary in the short subject category. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary Saving Face is about the problem of acid attacks on women in Pakistan. ‘Saving Face’ [...]