Talk:Sahraa Karimi

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Did you know... that Sahraa Karimi is the first and only woman in Afghanistan who has a PhD in filmmaking?

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Edit war related to birth place[edit]

I initially placed the birth location for Sahraa Karimi as Kabul, Afghanistan, on the ~~basis of her IMDB profile~~ and other references calling her an "Afghan"/ from "Afghanistan" (Not Iran). Simsala111 changed the birth place to Tehran, Iran, with two references, which I changed back to Kabul (and in the edit summary requested the user to take it to the talk page). Instead I was reverted without any discussion on the talk page.

Therefore I request an uninvolded editor/admin to help sort this out. I put a request for help at the teahouse regarding how to go about this. Regards. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 04:57, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB is largely user-sourced, and not necessarily reliable (see the essay at WP:Citing IMDb). What reason do you have to dispute the 3 references currently given? --David Biddulph (talk) 05:11, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@David Biddulph:, thanks for commenting. Please see these cites -

"Sahraa Karimi (1983, Kabul, Afghanistan) grew up in Tehran, Iran" - 20th Bratislava International Film Festival,2018
"Sahraa Karimi, a filmmaker, writer and photographer originally from Afghanistan, but born and raised in Tehran" (Tehran Times) (what is that suppose to mean, originally from but born in?
"As the daughter of refugees who fled Afghanistan for a new life in Iran" (Variety)

I think I am getting confused with her being an Afghan but born in Iran, as compared her being an Afghan born in Afghanistan, and just being born in Iran doesn't make her an Iranian. I guess i am at the erring side. But please do look and confirm this. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 05:54, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

An option to consider could be just removing mention of where she was born.... unless 100% sure. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 06:01, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DiplomatTesterMan, or you can mention both. Would depend on the quality of sources. Usedtobecool ^TALK ✨ 07:02, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've checked it enough, Tehran is ok. No issues. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 09:21, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discrepancy in her date of birth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marathonmutig (talk • contribs) 01:06, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@David Biddulph: There is also something ambiguous about her age. In her own CV, she records it 20th April 1981 (https://alefjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CV-directorENG_09.pdf), the same date is recorded here on page 11 (https://web.archive.org/web/20230312150203/http://crossart.com.au/images/pdfs/LRG_FORGETTING_WIP.pdf[retrieved on June 2, 2024]). In her Wikipedia article, it is written May 20th 1985, which makes her 37 years old. This needs to be fixed. I just went to the history of this article created in 2019, her age was then recorded May 21, 1983 (see this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sahraa_Karimi&oldid=914592934).

Ambiguity concerning her PhD degree

There are some ambiguities about her PhD. It's unclear whether she has completed it or not. There is no indication about what was her dissertation on. It is true that she was enrolled and took graduate courses. She claims to have received a PhD degree in the field of Cinema (Fiction Film Directing & Screenwriting) from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava https://asiapeacefilmfestival.com/team/sahraa-karimi/ however, the website belonging to the IDF only mentions that she took classes between 2004-2009.https://dokweb.net/database/persons/biography/f6bdebb6-c183-4b10-888c-48c9f8da47fd/sahraa-karimi

PhD in cinema and filmmaking in lede.[edit]

Does this deserve to be featured so prominently? Has she achieved anything other than an academic qualification of questionable practical use?95.91.242.148 (talk) 23:17, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure it does. It's a notable fact about a trailblazer. Your question, "Has she achieved anything other than an academic qualification of questionable practical use?" reflects more about you than it does her. Worldlelvr (talk) 05:42, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]