The World from Behind the Burqa

A poetry collection by Amena Nawrozi, edited by Bismillah Burhani. Most of the poems are in free verse and ghazal form and were written from the 2010s onward. The book gives voice to the forgotten and to the long suffering and the hopes of the Hazara people, seen through a woman's eyes. Written in Persian (Dari). For readers of contemporary Afghan women's poetry.

Author: Amena Nawrozi

Original title: جهان از پشت برقع

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