Syngué Sabour: La pierre de patience

Atiq Rahimi is a French-Afghan novelist and filmmaker born on February 26, 1962, in Kabul, Afghanistan, who fled to France in 1984 following the Soviet invasion and later returned to Afghanistan in 2002 to promote literature and media. Elit. His most notable works include Earth and Ashes (2000), which won multiple film awards including at Cannes, and The Patience Stone (2008), for which he received France's prestigious Prix Goncourt. Read more →