hails from academia, teaching poetry courses at a local university; others are professional journalists and published authors. The role of the mentor is twofold: to edit the pieces delicately, preserving the integrity of each writer's prose, language, and sentence structure; and to provide support, encouragement, and positive reinforcement."Many of these women have never shared their stories or written about their lives before, and they're very nervous," said Tina Singleton (pictured below), AWWP's country director on the ground in Afghanistan. "They're very vulnerable, and mentors have to be very careful because any kind of feedback that's perceived to be negative can be damaging to the woman's ability to continue writing."
Bawa became a mentor in 2009, shortly after AWWP was founded.
from Capital: In Crown Heights, the nerve center of a project to mentor and help protect Afghan women writers
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