Muslim director wins Oscar, blasts Trump for his immigration ban

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Asghar Farhadi and his movie, “The Salesman” won an Oscar last night.

Unfortunately, the director could not be there to claim the award himself. The thing that stopped him is the immigration ban.

 A couple of weeks before the big event, Farhadi opened up about the Oscars and said that he won’t attend it for political reasons.

He is not the only one that could not attend it. The lead actress, Taraneh Alidoosti, declared right after the ban was implemented that she won’t be in the US for the awards. She called the president a racist.

To accept his award, Farhadi released a statement that was read by the one that accepted the trophy on his behalf.

He starts by saying he apologizes for not being there. This a sign of disrespect towards his country and the other six that were affected by the “inhumane law”.

Farhadi thinks that Trump’s policy has divided the world. This is definitely a justification for why war and terror exist.

This is not the first time Farhadi is nominated and wins. In 2012, his film became the first Iranian movie to win an Oscar.

“The Salesman” is a story about a school teacher who is looking for revenge. He wants to punish the attacker of his wife.

Other persons that didn’t make it last night are Syrians who filmed a documentary. They said that they received visas specially to come to the Oscars, but they didn’t come as they were afraid they would have problems at the border.