Two years ago, the publication of a volume of Taliban poetry caused considerable outrage. Colonel Richard Kemp, a former British commander in Afghanistan, denounced The Poetry of the Taliban as ‘self-justifying propaganda’ giving ‘oxygen of publicity to an extremist group which is the enemy of this country.’ A new volume of Afghan poetry has just been published with far less fanfare. I Am a Beggar of the World is both more significant as a poetry collection, and more revealing of Afghan […]

Categories: Culture & Books, Women • Tags: afghanistan, poetry, women's rights