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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...