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Siddiq Barmak’s ‘The Postman’ begins shoot in Kurdistan

By Martin Blaney2026-02-05T10:26:00

The Postman cast and crew on set in Duhok

Source: Epik Filmproduktion / Ali Karimi

Set in Kabul in 1992, Barmak’s screenplay tells the story of an ordinary man, postman Amir, played by the Iraqi-Kurdish actor-director Hussein Hassan Ali.

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