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Article: Soap Opera Weekly Exclusive Popular Culture Still Available in War-Torn Afghanistan.
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- PR Newswire
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- November 13, 2001
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Seventy Percent of the Population Cling to Their BBC - Produced Soap Opera
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
Soap Opera Weekly, the on-the-scene news weekly for soap fans, has been granted an American exclusive with Shirazuddin Siddiqi, head-writer of New Home, New Life, a UN funded soap opera heard by 35 million listeners three days a week, every week in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Contacted by Assistant Managing Editor Robert Schork, Mr. Siddiqui, now living in exile in Pakistan, clarifies how this bastion of popular culture escaped being outlawed by the Taliban. "The radio is the last channel we have to reach people ... We are actually ...