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Malek Shafi’i(Dari:ملک شفیعی) is a film director.

Biography Born in 1971, Shafi’i has been making documentary films in and outside of Afghanistan for the last 8 years. He completed his education at Baagh Ferdaws Islamic Film making Center in 1999 in Iran, and additionally attended a film production course in the Netherlands. Coming back to Afghanistan after 20 years of exile, it is five years he has been living in Kabul, where he launched the Afghanistan Cinema Club BASA Film. He also worked as a senior adviser for the Radio Television of Afghanistan. He has made about 30 films; some of them received international film awards from different countries.Up to the parliament (2005) , Drought in Hazarajat (2003), Pamir Territory (2003), and End of the Earth (2001) is the filmmaker’s most renowned works. Malek also organizing International Film Festival Kabul and second take Film Festival, for more info about him: BASA Film and Kabul Film Festival He is married to Azra Jafari who became Afghanistan's first female mayor in December 2008 when President Karzai appointed her mayor of Nili, in Daykundi Province.