Poetry of the Taliban

Alex Strick van Linschoten

earliest edition we have, 2012 C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited, 2012 224 pages

While much has been written about the Taliban's military tactics, media strategy and harsh treatment of women, the cultural and sometimes less overtly political representation of their identity, the Taliban's other face, is often overlooked. Most Taliban fighters are Pashtuns, a people who cherish their vibrant poetic tradition, closely associated with that of song. The poems in this collection are meant to be recite...

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Poetry of the Taliban edition · 2012 · Columbia University Press · 176 pages · 9780231704045
Poetry of the Taliban edition · 2012 · C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited · 224 pages · 9781849041119

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