On a high mountain I stood, And cried the name of Ali, Lion of God.O Ali, Lion of God, King of Men, Bring joy to our sorrowful hearts.

But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies.

Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always largely been an agricultural country, and that even before the wars destroyed lands and irrigation canals, only 5 per cent of the land was cultivable.

All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman.

It was you Nabi. It was always you. Didn't you know?

Now, especially in public places, you always have that unease. When the children were cast, if I thought that they might be victims of violence because of participating in this movie, we would have chosen children from outside this country.