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The Last Ambassador

Manizha Bakhtari, an Afghan woman, stands in an elevator. She is wearing a dark suit with a pink and yellow checkered scarf.

The Last Ambassador Review: Returning Our Attention to Afghanistan

by Rachel Ho
May 1, 2025
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Powerful documentary The Last Ambassador observes Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan's only female ambassador, as she fights for women's voices back home.

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