{"product_id":"hair-on-fire-afghan-women-poets","title":"Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix female Afghan poets wield language to combat the l\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eeliness, absurdity, and claustrophobia of life in a war-torn country and its diaspora.\u003c\/b\u003e There are ?hypnotic, l\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eg beards? tangled with mass extincti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es; hateful men burning grapevines; black blindfolds; jinn in chadors; and c\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edoms advertised every eight minutes\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e TV\u003c\/span\u003e. Interspersing these are tender moments:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee poet describes brushing her daughter's\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003ehair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, while another imagines a tree growing at the center of a room, undisturbed by the bombs outside. In the wake of the Taliban's escalating war\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAfghan women's rights,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eHair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eFire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a blazing tribute to a group of excepti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"outlook-search-highlight\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eal poetesses and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished:  USA, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Two Lines Press\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781949641844\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57610791420235,"sku":null,"price":19.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-18at11.25.03.png?v=1781774720","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/hair-on-fire-afghan-women-poets","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}