They are now figuring out how to find inspiration in exile and are using poetry to channel their pain. Ali Rogin reports for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS." Poetry has a special place in ...

As the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan, we look back at a time when Taliban poetry and a local cooking show became part of the war. And the U.S. had the perfect person to fight on that front.

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Poem of Protest by an Afghan Girl Inspires U.S. Students.

Afghan women express forbidden love through secret poems, or landays. Eliza Griswold looks at the words of rebellion that have been passed down for centuries. When sisters sit together, they’re ...

From drone strikes to the songs of the ancient caravans, the type of poem called landay reflects Afghan life. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Eliza Griswold, translator of Afghan women's landays.

Voices How a viral poem about a suicide bomb attack at a wedding cut straight to the heart of Afghan politics. Back in the early days of war, there was a sense of resilience and pride.

A landay is a traditional two-line Afghan verse form subversively appropriated by Afghan women to express themselves in ways prohibited by their society. Daniel Bosch Published Apr. 6 2014 6:45AM EDT ...

War, sex, love, drones and American soldiers: For Afghanistan’s women poets, nothing is off-limits. Aiming to share poems that give insight into the ...

When Taliban tried to assassinate child activist Malala Yousafzai for defending the right of girls to go to school in Pakistan's Swat valley, Afghan schoolgirl Roya Shams wrote this poem honouring ...