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Project Fiftyone
Film (Trailer) – 2025
I refuse to accept that someone's hate can define a nation.
– Bariz Shah on his response to the March 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks
That little change, that little moment when you decide you will not carry on with that hate, you say — No, I will not continue with this. I will stop this' Then we came up with a way to respond to this hate, you know, in a beautiful way, in a humanitarian way.
– Saba Afrasyabi on the spark behind Project Fiftyone, on director Gaylene Barnes' website
Saba and I decided that we were going to go to Afghanistan, establish 51 micro-businesses in honour of our 51 martyrs. We just felt like we had to help.
– Bariz Shah explains the couple's humanitarian plan
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