elsa’s Reviews > I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan > Status Update
elsa
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“Poetry - and especially love poetry - is forbidden to many of Afghanistan’s women: it implies dishonor and free will. Both are unsavory for women in traditional Afghan culture.”
— Apr 21, 2020 02:08PM
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elsa
is on page 107 of 160
“Be black with gunpowder or be bloodred
but don’t come home whole and disgrace my bed.”
— Apr 21, 2020 02:56PM
but don’t come home whole and disgrace my bed.”
elsa
is on page 61 of 160
“When sisters sit together, they always praise their brothers.
When brothers sit together, they sell their sisters to others.”
— Apr 21, 2020 02:35PM
When brothers sit together, they sell their sisters to others.”
elsa
is on page 23 of 160
”Your eyes aren’t eyes. They’re bees.
I can find no cure for their sting.”
— Apr 21, 2020 02:31PM
I can find no cure for their sting.”
