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Category Archives: Poetry
Women and revolution in Yemen
My Yemeni friend, Mohammed Al-Asaadi, recently gave me a link via Facebook to an article on the role of women in the ongoing political protests in his country. The article describes the increasing role of women in the movement to … Continue reading
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Erotic Subversion, Communal Poetry of Pashtun Women (Part 2)
The poems reproduced below were collected by Sayd Bahodine Majrouh author of “Songs of Love and War – Afghan Women’s Poetry” The landay which means “little one” in Pashtun, is composed and sung by women when they are gathered, usually … Continue reading
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Pashtun Women’s Poetry – Erotic Subversion (Part One)
Whatever our views on US involvement in Afghanistan, most of us could agree that the lives of the majority of women in that country are awful and probably aren’t going to get much better, no matter how the conflict ends. … Continue reading
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