"There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry."

Culture, Literature, Poetry, Tradition

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"There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry."

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"And every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan."

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"She was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back.She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother."

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"There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth."

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