Interesting programme about Afghani poetry on Radio 4 today, including poignant invective against both the Taliban fundamentalists who suppressed all creative arts during their time in power (despite the extremely rich history of poetry within Islamic culture) and the US/British forces currently stamping their neo-colonialist mark on this beleaguered, belittled country:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00xgswb/Lost_Voices_of_Afghanistan
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