Songs of Love and War: Afghan Women's Po
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Sayd Majrouh; Marjolijn de Jager
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Fiction
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2020
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Other Press
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en-US
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The authors of oral literature in the Pashtun language create their work at a far remove from any books. Generally deprived of the support of schools and universities, their compositions are inseparable from song. Their poetry is never declaimed; rather, their rhyme and rhythm have melodic value.