Love, poetry and war: the Afghan women risking all for verse

The founder of Afghanistan’s largest women’s literary society, whose female members regularly put their lives at risk to write poetry documenting sex, rage, war and heartbreak, will be among those speaking at the International PoetryFestival at London’s Southbank Centre this summer. Kabul-based Mirman Baheer is a pioneering female literary group which enables women to share landays,…
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