fortune gems demo jili ChatGPT Search Review: Will it Surpass Google?Perhaps Davis won't take a step back after losing four starters from its fifth-place team to graduation last spring. The unbeaten Pirates notched arguably their most impressive win yet Saturday in Richland, knocking off Mount Spokane 55-40. Cesar Hernandez led the way once again with a game-high 26 points against last year's third-place team. Tyson Lee added 13 points and Davis held the Wildcats to their lowest point total since a 70-39 loss to O'Dea in the 2019 state championship game. The Pirates led by eight at halftime and put up 20 points in the third quarter to pull away for good. Davis (4-0) will start league play at Eisenhower next Friday. MABTON 66, KITTITAS 58: At Mabton, Cisco Morena tallied 15 points and Armando Chavez added 14 for the Vikings. Kittitas (1-2) will play at Quincy next Tuesday and Mabton (1-1) will host Cle Elum next Friday. Elsewhere, Cle Elum beat Warden 66-51 and La Salle lost 87-58 at Burbank. KITTITAS — Eli Nash 18, Terry Huber 13, Lowe 8, Varnum 4, Coles 0, Dallon Walker 15, Hutchinson 0, Balverde 0. MABTON — Cisco Moreno 15, Armando Chavez 14, Marco Espinoza 13, Manuel Birueta 10, Zuniga 2, Martinez 8, Carreon 4, Rosales 0, Morrow 0. Kittitas=9=7=27=15=—=58 Mabton=14=11=24=17= —=66 Mabton highlights: Chavez 8 res; Birueta 6 rebs. SCAC West WAPATO 84, WAHLUKE 56: At Wapato, Julian Hamilton's 15 points led five Wolves in double figures as they nearly reached 50 points by halftime. Wapato (1-0 SCAC, 3-0 overall) will play at College Place next Friday. WAHLUKE — Rafael Rodriguez 14, Ziker 8, Perez 5, Ramirez 4, Heslop 2, Rex Buck 15, A. Acevedo 4, J. Acevedo 2, A. Rodriguez 0, Nievez 0. WAPATO — Julian Hamilton 15, AJ Garza 13, Jaywaan Aranda 11, Omar Arizpe 10, McConville 9, Watoyma 10, Bobb 8, Cl. Eneas 6, Ch. Eneas 0. Wahluke=7=12=15=22=—=56 Wapato=28=20=22=14= —=84 Wapato highlights: Mathias McConville 5 rebs, 7 assts, 4 stls; Garza 6 stls, 5 rebs, 4 assts. YAKAMA TRIBALAL 64, PRESCOTT 35: At Yakama Tribal, Jarvis Peters led the Eagles with 26 points and they pulled away early thanks to a 25-point first quarter. Yakama Tribal (2-2) will host Touchet next Friday. PRESCOTT — Garcia 9, Tiedeman 8, Rodriguez 6, Madrigal 0, Ortega 0, Vasquez 7, Reyes 5, Burgas 0. YAKAMA TRIBAL — Jarvis Peters 26, Max Oats 11, Wyena 5, Brice 2, Savala 7, Stahi 7, Holliday 4, Cloud 2, Martelli 0, Visaya 0, Eyle 0. Yakama Tribal=25=11=17=11= —=64 Prescott=9=7=8=11= —=35 SELAH 55, NACHES VALLEY 48: At Selah, Elise Kingston's 15 points helped the Vikings hold on for their first win of the season despite Maddy Jewett's almost triple-double of 19 points, 12 rebounds and eight steals for the Rangers. Naches Valley (1-1) will play at College Place Tuesday and Selah (1-1) will host Grandview next Friday. NACHES VALLEY — Maddy Jewett 19, Ellie Bost 13, Rowe 6, Mendoza 4, St.Martin 3, Vanwagoner 2, Staggs 1, VanAmburg 0, Hahn-Keenan 0. SELAH — Elise Kingston 17, MaKenna Pepper 13, Pendleton 9, St. Mary 6, Coons 4, Keller 6, Phinney 0. Naches Valley=10=17=11=10=—=48 Selah=12=11=14=18=—=55 NV highlights: Jewett 12 rebs, 8 stls. MABTON 51, KITTITAS 31: At Mabton, the Vikings rolled past the Coyotes to stay undefeated. Kittitas (1-3) will travel to Quincy Tuesday and Mabton (3-0) will host Cle Elum next Friday. In Saturday's other nonleague games, Yakama Tribal beat Prescott 61-26 and Cle Elum toppled Warden 61-29. KITTITAS — Elysa Nash 12, Blackmore 8, Weekes 5, Huber 4, Hink 2. MABTON — Scorers not available. SCAC WAPATO 73, WAHLUKE 15: At Wapato, Trinity Wheeler tallied 24 points and Jordyn Bobb added 17 for the Wolves, who allowed only two points in the second half. Wapato (1-0, 1-1) will travel to College Place next Friday. WAHLUKE — Eraza 4, Magaia 3, Harlow 2, Pineda 2, Buck 0, Rodriguez 4. WAPATO — Jordyn Bobb 17, Romero 9, Kenoras 8, Greybull 4, Alvarado 2, Trinity Wheeler 24, Cilla Thomas 10, Blodgett 0. Wahluke=4=9=0=2=—=15 Wapato=15=22=24=13=—=74 Deer Park Invite At Deer Park Local team scores: 5, Prosser 135; 8, Granger 101. Local finalists — 106: Bodey Schweiger (Riverside) d. Bryan Garcia Rosas (Pro), 10-4. 175: Jance Novak (Cash) p. Logan Myers (Pro), 1:12. Local third place — 106: Maddox Taft (MS) d. Dominic Castaneda (Gra), 9-4.. 120: Kaysic Lundquist (Mead) inj. Rene Torres Jr., 2:08.. 138: Julian Joe Torres (Prosser) inj. Wyatt Laney (Lewiston), 0:00. 215: Angel Huizar (Gra) d. Michael Rosas (Pro), 2-1. At Wenatchee Team scores: Selah 358, Prosser 280, Wenatchee 254, East Valley 165, Toppenish 55, Naches Valley 22, Grandview 15. Local winners — 200 medley relay: 1, Selah (De Dios Ramírez, Peace, Strand, Sausen) 1:25.52. 200 free: 1, Gabriel Petroff 1:57.4. 200 IM: 1, James Field (EV) 2:16.0. 50 free: 1, Jake Brandt (EV) 22.81. 100 fly: Petroff (P) 59.5. 100 free: Brandt (EV) 52.08. 500 free: Jacob Goin (S) 5:39.46. 200 free relay: 1, East Valley (Field, Bombard, Alejo, Brandt) 1:42.5. 100 back: 1, De Dios Ramírez 1:02.36. 100 breast: 1, Field 1:09.78. 400 free relay: 1, Selah (De Dios Ramírez, Peace, Strand, Sausen) 3:53.84.

COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Scooter Williams Jr. had 19 points in East Texas A&M's 68-67 victory over Abilene Christian on Wednesday. Williams added six rebounds and three steals for the Lions (2-10). Khaliq Abdul-Mateen added 17 points while going 3 of 8 and 11 of 12 from the free-throw line while he also had five assists and three steals. The Lions snapped a seven-game slide. Quion Williams led the Wildcats (7-5) in scoring, finishing with 17 points and seven assists. Leonardo Bettiol added 16 points and seven rebounds for Abilene Christian. Hunter Jack Madden had 13 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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Man City have 'a broken mentality', Rio Ferdinand claims after their defeat by Juventus - as pundit suggests Premier League champions have strayed from 'one of Pep's key things' in their playGiants release quarterback Daniel Jones just days after benching him EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Daniel Jones era in New York is over. The Giants quarterback was granted his release by the team just days after the franchise said it was benching him in favor of third-stringer Tommy DeVito. New York president John Mara said Jones approached the team about releasing him and the club obliged. Mara added he was “disappointed” at the quick dissolution of a once-promising relationship between Jones and the team. Giants coach Brian Daboll benched Jones in favor of DeVito following a loss to the Panthers in Germany that dropped New York's record to 2-8. Conor McGregor must pay $250K to woman who says he raped her, civil jury rules LONDON (AP) — A civil jury in Ireland has awarded more than $250,000 to a woman who says she was raped by mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor in a Dublin hotel penthouse after a night of heavy partying. The jury on Friday awarded Nikita Hand in her lawsuit that claimed McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in 2018. The lawsuit says the assault left her heavily bruised and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. McGregor testified that he never forced her to do anything and that Hand fabricated her allegations after the two had consensual sex. McGregor says he will appeal the verdict. Week 16 game between Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers flexed to Thursday night spot The Los Angeles Chargers have played their way into another prime time appearance. Justin Herbert and company have had their Dec. 22 game against the Denver Broncos flexed to Thursday night, Dec. 19. Friday’s announcement makes this the first time a game has been flexed to the Thursday night spot. The league amended its policy last season where Thursday night games in Weeks 13 through 17 could be flexed with at least 28 days notice prior to the game. The matchup of AFC West division rivals bumps the game between the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals to Sunday afternoon. NBA memo to players urges increased vigilance regarding home security following break-ins MIAMI (AP) — The NBA is urging its players to take additional precautions to secure their homes following reports of recent high-profile burglaries of dwellings owned by Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Kansas City Chiefs teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. In a memo sent to team officials, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, the NBA revealed that the FBI has connected some burglaries to “transnational South American Theft Groups” that are “reportedly well-organized, sophisticated rings that incorporate advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones, and signal jamming devices.” Red Bull brings wrong rear wing to Las Vegas in mistake that could stall Verstappen's title chances LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Verstappen is suddenly in jeopardy of being denied a fourth consecutive Formula 1 title Saturday night. Red Bull apparently brought the wrong rear wing to Las Vegas and GPS data showed its two cars to be significantly slower on the straights than both McLaren and Mercedes, which led both practice sessions. Red Bull says it doesn’t have a replacement rear wing in Las Vegas to fix the issue and little chance of getting two flown in from England ahead of the race. Caitlin Clark to join Cincinnati bid for 16th National Women's Soccer League team WNBA star Caitlin Clark has joined Cincinnati’s bid for an expansion National Women’s Soccer League team. Major League Soccer franchise FC Cincinnati is heading the group vying to bring a women’s pro team to the city. The club issued a statement confirming Clark had joined the bid group. NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman has said the league plans to announce the league’s 16th team by the end of the year. The league's 15th team will begin play in 2026 in Boston. Alyssa Nakken, first full-time female coach in MLB history, leaving Giants to join Guardians CLEVELAND (AP) — Alyssa Nakken, the first woman to coach in an MLB game, is leaving the San Francisco Giants to join the Cleveland Guardians. Nakken made history in 2022 when she took over as first-base coach following an ejection. A former college softball star at Sacramento State, Nakken joined the Giants in 2014 and was promoted to a spot on manager Gabe Kapler’s staff in 2020, becoming the majors’ first full-time female coach. Nakken has been hired as an assistant director within player development for the Guardians, who won the AL Central last season under first-year manager Stephen Vogt. Nakken, 34, will work with former Giants coaches Craig Albernaz and Kai Correa. Aaron Judge won't be bothered if Juan Soto gets bigger contract from Yankees than his $360M deal NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge won’t be bothered if Juan Soto gets a bigger deal from the New York Yankees than the captain’s $360 million, nine-year contract. Speaking a day after he was a unanimous winner of his second MVP, Judge says “It ain’t my money” and adds "that’s never been something on my mind about who gets paid the most.” Judge led the major leagues with 58 homers, 144 RBIs and 133 walks while hitting .322. Soto batted .288 with 41 homers, 109 RBIs and 129 walks in his first season with the Yankees, then became a free agent at age 26. In a 'Final Four-type weekend,' two top-6 clashes put women's college basketball focus on West Coast LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two games featuring four powerhouse teams has put the focus in women's college basketball on the West Coast this weekend. JuJu Watkins and No. 3 Southern California host Hannah Hidalgo and No. 6 Notre Dame on Saturday. Top-ranked South Carolina visits Lauren Betts and fifth-ranked UCLA on Sunday. Both games are nationally televised and the arenas are expected to be packed. WNBA scouts will be on hand to check out some of the nation's top talent. Two teams will come away with their first losses of the season. USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb calls it “a Final Four-type weekend.” A documentary featuring Watkins will air on NBC ahead of USC's game, which leads into the Army-Notre Dame football game. Noodles and wine are the secret ingredients for a strange new twist in China's doping saga Blame it on the noodles. That's what one Chinese official suggested when anti-doping leaders were looking for answers for the doping scandal that cast a shadow over this year's Olympic swim meet. Earlier this year, reports that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned heart medication emerged. None were sanctioned because Chinese authorities determined the swimmers were contaminated by traces of the drug spread about a hotel kitchen. In a strange twist, the leader of China's anti-doping agency suggested this case could have been similar to one in which criminals were responsible for tainting noodles that were later eaten by another Chinese athlete who also tested positive for the drug.Shane Bieber says bonds led to re-signing with Guardians after he missed '24 following elbow surgery

(The Center Square) – Billionaire and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump Elon Musk was denied by a judge this week a $56 billion compensation package for his work as CEO of Tesla, the successful electric automaker that pioneered EV technology in the U.S. The package had been approved by more than 70% of Tesla's board of directors. A Tesla shareholder who owned just nine shares of stock in the company sued to block the 2018 compensation agreement. In addition to blocking the package this week, the judge in the case, Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, awarded the plaintiff's attorneys $345 million, which Reuters reported is “one of the largest fee awards ever in securities litigation.” The Associated Press reported that “the fee award amounts to almost exactly half the current record $688 million in legal fees awarded in 2008 in litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron.” The ruling was widely criticized as government overreach into the private sector. Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARKinvest, called the ruling a "mockery." "Adding judicial insult to injury, Delaware Judge McCormick has ordered #Tesla shareholders to pay the plaintiff’s lawyers $345 million! The plaintiff owned 9 shares of $TSLA," Wood wrote on X. "McCormick is making a mockery of the sense of fairness essential to our American judicial system." Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman wrote: "This decision and the payola for lawyers is absurd. We are going to see a migration of Corporate America from Delaware." The unique compensation package was high risk, high reward. If Musk hit all of his target goals to make the company hugely successful, as he did, then he would be awarded the compensation package. If he did not hit those marks, he would receive zero dollars. Musk and Tesla vowed to appeal. McCormick first voided the pay agreement in January, saying it was unfair and that the Tesla board did not negotiate well enough with Musk. In response, a supermajority of more than 70% of Tesla shareholders voted to approve the payment package for Musk earlier this year, but again McCormick sided this week against Musk and Tesla shareholders. Musk called the ruling a form of “lawfare.” “Shareholders should control company votes, not judges,” Musk wrote on X. Many other Tesla shareholders blasted the decision and the attorney fee decision. "The lawyers, judges, and attorneys did not create net-positive shareholder value from this clownery," Alex Guichet, who said he is a Tesla employee, wrote on X. "They do not deserve a single dollar. We employees did. We supported the shareholder vote with our own yes votes too. This is wrong on so many levels." Shareholder Jeremy Goldman wrote: "The majority of the owners of the company have made their desires known and it's just crazy that a single judge can basically say haha, no. I don't really care what you want. Also pay a few hundred million for the privilege of being ignored." The plaintiff's attorneys praised the ruling. “We are pleased with Chancellor McCormick’s ruling, which declined Tesla’s invitation to inject continued uncertainty into Court proceedings and thank the Chancellor and her staff for their extraordinary hard work in overseeing this complex case,” attorneys from Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann, the firm representing Musk’s opponents, said in a statement. A November 2024 study published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform found tort costs amounted to $529 billion in 2022, or 2.1 percent of U.S. GDP. The study found that excessive tort costs hurt the economy. "In addition to having a substantial aggregate cost on the economy, a large portion of the total tort-related expenditures go toward litigating and defending claims and lawsuits rather than compensating claimants,” authors of the study wrote.

Oliver Glasner insists Marc Guehi is 'against discrimination and any abuse' when quizzed on the player's decision to write on his rainbow armband . The Crystal Palace defender - who is the son of church minister - wrote 'I love Jesus' on the Stonewall armband in his side's 1-1 draw with Newcastle last weekend. After being warned by the Football Association for the message, he wrote 'Jesus loves you' with a smiley face on his rainbow armband at Portman Road for his side's 1-0 over Ipswich on Tuesday. The armbands are sent to clubs to be given to Premier League captains to wear in games to show support for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport against Newcastle. Glasner was asked about his captain's decision when speaking to Amazon after the game. "I think we should calm it down," he said. "Everybody knows Marc, everyone knows he is a great player, he is a great personality. He is a very humble guy. "He wore this. It's LGBT and everyone now is about integration, no discrimination and Marc as well. I think we all have the same opinion. "We are in sports and in sports we are always against discrimination and any kind of abuse, and Marc as well." According to the International Football Association Board (IFAB), 'initiative slogans/emblems promoting the game of football, respect and integrity' are permitted. However, it is forbidden to have 'political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images' written anywhere. Ipswich captain Sam Morsy has also been in focus after choosing to ditch the rainbow armband totally, with the Tractor Boys citing his religious beliefs as his reason for refusing to wear it. Egypt international Morsy is a practising Muslim. Speaking about the pair's decisions regarding the rainbow armbands, talkSPORT's GameDay host Adrian Durham said on Tuesday night: "What is Morsy's message to any gay fans or players as captain of Ipswich Town Football Club? What's he trying to say to them? "That needs to be clarified and if it doesn't align with Ipswich's club policy or the Premier League policy then Ipswich Town have a problem they need to resolve. They need to ask if their captain's fit for the job of fulfilling all the roles required of him as a captain. "Being a captain is more than tossing a coin in the centre circle before the game. It's more than just shouting at your teammates. It's about representing the club. So does your captain not wearing the armband reflect the feeling of the club? "Has Kieran McKenna thought that through properly? Why not make someone else captain for the games with the rainbow armband? So Morsi's message to the LGBTQ community needs to be clarified and then Ipswich need to move forward from there. "Same with Guehi who has written all over the rainbow armband. If Guehi's aim was to deface and therefore devalue the message of the rainbow armband and the rainbow laces campaign then we need to ask why he would do that. Can he explain that to Stonewall? "Could he explain that face to face with a gay Palace fan I wonder? If his message is that he's worn the armband and supports the campaign but at the same time he loves Jesus then actually I'm okay with that. Not sure why he had to write all over the armband though. "In both cases, as Premier League captains, they both need to make their position clear and if that then means they have to give up the captaincy because they're not fit for the role within the club then so be it." Former Lionesses star and current talkSPORT co-host Lianne Sanderson agreed the captains need to come out and clarify their position. "It's interesting because I think people have a freedom of speech," she said. "They can say whatever they want and people can say, 'oh you know they shouldn't have to wear it if they wanted to'. I think Marc Guehi equally similar to Morsy. I think they're both in the wrong if I'm being honest. "Marc Guehi doing that I think it was wrong. I think you know him putting you know I love Jesus on his armband. It's an interesting one because I'm not really a religious person, Adrian. "But I think it depends on someone's perception of the bible and I think that's where he's going with that. And I love the fact that you've said these things Adrian because people don't want to talk about these types of things. "I think it's easy for people to say, 'oh yeah you would say that because you're gay' but that's not the reality and I agree it's how people feel. Now I don't think someone needs to wear an armband all the time to prove they support our community. "I want campaigns to be longer than a month to be honest and I think sometimes it is very much tokenism but it does hurt our community when players don't want to do that. Now you're in England and that's the campaign so do that. The same as when I go to Qatar I respect that culture. "Qataris love me. Yes there might be different people who have different opinions about those situations but I respect that culture. So I think you know it's a massive kick in the teeth that they did this but I think with Marc Guehi doing that he was proving a point. "So I think they do need to come out and have something to say. I really do. They're leaders of the club and you're right. It's not just about you know tossing the coin in the centre circle. "It's much more than that and I think it does affect our community and it's unfortunate that people still feel this way. Wearing an armband like when I saw John McGinn wearing it the other night I was like, 'that's actually really powerful' but I thought the days were gone Adrian where this would be a talking point because it's just an armband but it means so much to our community. "So I have a split like opinion on it with regards to whether I think players should have to do X, Y and Z I think they should want to do it, if I'm being honest." And former England striker Dean Ashton thinks Guehi and Morsy's moves have detracted from the positive impact that Stonewall's campaign with the Premier League does have. However, he believes their moves don't signify 'standing absolutely against' LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport. "Well I think it's such a great point about the captaincy itself because ultimately that is who we're looking at," Ashton said. "We're looking at two players. We're not looking at the 11 players. We're looking at the captains because of what that armband represents certainly with this campaign and therefore if you choose to either not wear it or you write on it you are effectively making a point with that. "But I also think at the same time if you have to sort of take into account the fact that some certain players have had for their whole life and it might be part of their religion. "If they choose not to do something there will be other players that aren't the captains that maybe fall in the middle where they maybe don't want to openly support a campaign but that doesn't mean that they ultimately are totally against it. "So I think we have sometimes got to be careful that just because somebody doesn't do something that automatically means they are making a stand absolutely against it. But at the same time I think you're right there has to be some clarity. "If they are going to do that then I think it is really important for everybody to understand why and then have a perspective on it. At the moment it's just up in the air and left for everybody to guess. "Then it makes it about that rather than lots of other players that are more than happy - we talked about John McGinn - and other players that are happy to openly support the campaign and that's then kind of missed." Durham concluded: "I agree the clarification of the individual standpoint is everything and I do believe it's easily resolved that if a captain doesn't want to wear it then you give it to another player who does want to wear it and he becomes the captain." Jean-Philippe Mateta's goal and Palace's 1-0 win lifts them out of the Premier League's relegation zone.Jennifer Lawrence and Malala Yousafzai give voice to silenced Afghan women in ‘Bread & Roses’: ‘It’s crucial we have a record of all this’ The actress and the Nobel Peace Prize winner have produced a documentary by Afghan director Sahra Mahni featuring testimonies from a half dozen women on how they are being stripped of their rights Before the Taliban destroyed and remade Afghanistan to their liking in August 2021, Zahra Mohammadi’s life had been in full bloom. Her dental clinic in Kabul was thriving, she was set to marry a partner who she loved. Then, darkness descended . Mohammadi, her life, her clients, her romance, were all lost to the shadows. And even so, her story continues. The dentist, along with many other women, became a fierce activist fighting for Afghan women’s rights . The Taliban has banned women from secondary schools , and denied them the right to work, to marry whom they choose and to dress as they like. Eventually, Mohammadi was forced into exile. Her journey, as well as many others of women both named and unnamed, is told in the documentary Bread & Roses by Afghani director Sahra Mani. The film is produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence and by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. In a Los Angeles hotel room, the three women are discussing their film, which premieres on Apple TV+ on November 22. It’s the morning after its red-carpet debut at the Hammer Museum. They make an unlikely trio: an Afghan director, a young Pakistani activist and a Hollywood actress. In addition to their better-known work, Yousafzai and Lawrence have focused more recently on projects that tell women’s stories. Bread & Roses is a primary example, and largely relies on home footage filmed by a half-dozen women of their day-to-day lives, their struggles not just to survive, but to oppose the Taliban regime , and in some cases, their inevitable exit from their country. “I always felt like the story of Afghanistan and of these women was also my own. That’s why I want to dedicate my life to telling their stories and sharing them with the world,” says Mani. Three years ago, she became familiar with the plight of women like those profiled in the movie via non-profits in Germany and Spain that provide support to Afghans, thanks largely to organization People in Need . “There were many artists, many women, and they started to share their videos with me, and I felt like they were expecting something from me beyond merely archiving them, probably that I would make a film. So when Jennifer got in touch with me, it was a dream come true. Later, we began to collaborate with Malala and decided to make the film to give voice to Afghan women on a larger scale.” Lawrence says this was her intention from the beginning. “I first got into contact with Sahra in 2021, when Kabul fell. I wanted to get cameras in there to make a movie,” says the actress, who won an of the Oscar for her role in Silver Linings Playbook . “And when we found Sahra, she was already compiling images from women, and the film was born. Then, Malala added her incomparable voice to our movie.” For 27-year-old Yousafzai, it was important “to draw attention to what is happening to Afghan women and girls with the return of the Taliban.” The extremist group was in the country from the mid-1990s to 2001, when it was driven out and the country was allowed to flourish for 20 years. “Women did so many things in the country during those two decades, and they knew exactly what would happen if the Taliban erased them from public life,” says Yousafzai. “And indeed, we see that during the last three and a half years, they’ve eliminated them, taken away all opportunities including work, employment and political representation. While I was out campaigning, I ran into this documentary, which was showing this, and I immediately said I’d be a part of it, because I knew that the Taliban would do anything possible to invisibilize women.” To Yousafzai, a film is a “very powerful” way of showing the world what is happening, and today, four years later, she thinks “it’s even more crucial,” and that there are even more limits being placed upon women “that separate them from basic opportunities like leaving the house to see a doctor; essentially, systematic oppression in the form of gender apartheid.” The title of the film is a reference to the fundamental opportunities these women no longer have access to: sustenance, but also hopes and dreams. The resulting images are at times tortured, occasionally festive, and often striking—such as when women protest in front of cameras against the Taliban, joined by young girls and a little boy dressed as an extremist, clad in a suit and wielding a gun. As viewers slowly get to know the characters — there’s no narrator to guide in this process, besides the women themselves — a connection is forged. We suffer in their sadness, when they are thrust into risky situations and when they flee. Mani resolved to make the film based on the women’s confidence in her. She trained them to film, taught them which angles to shoot from, to record details of their food, their everyday lives, the things that surprised them. “I explained to them that it was the only way to preserve a moment from our history, of how we wound up alone and of how Afghan women fight for their rights . We never expected that any government would simply give them to us. We continue to fight,” she says, as her producers nod. Yousafzai agrees. “I believe in the power of telling stories when it comes to activism, they are at its very heart.” To be able to see these women’s daily lives, “helps to understand. Many people aren’t aware of the day-to-day situation of Afghan women, that’s why it was so important to film it.” She continues: “They are showing us how the things they worked so hard for, the right to have a life, an education, was suddenly taken away from them by the Taliban, who punish women for simply daring to work or go to the doctor or read or thing, or merely leaving the house because they have to go to court, because they are their family’s only source of income. I think it’s crucial we have a record of all this. I think that sharing their stories is important because that becomes part of the worldwide movement that Afghan women activists are leading from inside and outside of their country that fights to put more pressure on leaders.” A few months ago, Lawrence premiered her documentary Zurawski v Texas , about the difficulties of accessing abortions in the southern United States, and to varying extents, throughout the rest of the country. She recognizes that Western countries aren’t on the best footing when it comes to these issues. Is she worried that women’s rights are at risk throughout the rest of the world, and especially in the United States, given the political situation it is facing for the next four years? “Yes I am. It’s terrifying. I live in a country where women’s rights are being taken away. We live in a world in which women are oppressed. And when apathy begins to spread and shatter our empathy and our humanity, we lose contact with each other. It ruins the world, and it spreads. And that really scares me.” Mani says that she has remained in contact with the women in the film, that she speaks with some of them every couple of days and that most of them have left the country. “But there are millions of women in even worse situations who can’t leave because of flaws in the legal system.” Mohammadi herself was present at the film’s screening at Cannes. 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