at the time of the end of the Taliban," she continues. "I dreamt of being a professor, of our group becoming a cultural association for the city's women. But everything went wrong. Nadia was killed . . . She had great spirit, but we could see she was facing problems. She was trapped." Nadia [Anjuman]'s few poems from that time talk of her as "a bird without wings". "I remain, but remain a broken pen", ends one.
"If I was to say the situation of women is better, that would be untrue," says Leila [Razeqi].
from The Sunday Times: The defiant poets' society
also TimesOnline: Photo Gallery: Literacy in Afghanistan
~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments :
Post a Comment