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Book Review: I Am the Beggar of the World


Posted by azra on 17 Apr 2014 / 0 Comments
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Last month, I looked at Eliza Griswold and Seamus Murphy’s work profiling Afghan women poets particular form of poetry, the landay. Their work, as they presented it in an article on Slate, came across as nuanced and reflective (my own words) of Afghan women’s experiences. I was eager to review their book, I Am the […]

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Words and Images of Afghan Women Poets


Posted by azra on 26 Mar 2014 / 0 Comments
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Earlier this month, Slate featured a photography-poetry project, “The Secret Lives of Afghanistan’s Female Poets.” The photography-poetry collaboration stems from the work of journalist Eliza Griswold and photographer Seamus Murphy, who reported “Why Afghan Women Risk Death to Write Poetry” for the New York Times magazine in 2012. Griswold and Murphy’s work will be published […]

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Google Doodle Celebrates Nazik al-Malaika


Posted by tasnim on 23 Aug 2011 / 0 Comments
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This is an edited version of the post that originall appeared at Tasnim’s blog.   Google’s doodle today celebrates Nazik al-Malaika, on the occasion of the 88th anniversary of her birthday. The famous Iraqi poet is known as one of the first Arabic poets to use free verse. As Salih J. Altoma puts it: Nazik al-Mala’ika occupies a prominent […]

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Does a masculine air rule over poetry awards in Iran?


Posted by muslimahmediawatch on 29 Dec 2008 / 0 Comments
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This was originally published on ISNA and Payvand. It has been edited for clarity. The first award for female Iranian poets will be awarded in the week of December 21-27 (first week of the Iranian month of Dey).   According to the news agency ISNA, in the news conference held on November 23rd, seven works […]

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