Female poets in Afghanistan gather in a little... -

Female poets in Afghanistan gather in a little room behind a Kabul cinema to share and publish their poems as part of the Mirman Baheer literary society, which now boasts several hundred members and is popping up in several cities across the country. But they’re risking everything to express their deepest thoughts

“Is poetry worth a life in exile?”
“‘I would prefer a dignified death to a life lived as a hostage in silence,’ is Ms Shabrang’s softly voiced, strongly worded reply. Her work was recently honored with an award by the Afghan chapter of PEN.

Dangerous truth: the Kabul poetry club (BBC)

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