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10/03/2026
Lyse Doucet talks to female Afghan poets about the landay: a 22-syllable Pashtun verse form they create, perform and share to speak of love, sex, war and hardship.
Lyse Doucet talks to female Afghan poets about the landay: a 22 syllable Pashtun verse form they create, perform and share to speak of love, sex, war and hardship. Translator and editor Eliza Griswold describes her discovery of this oral tradition and her project to collect and publish some of these anonymous poems.
Landays read by Shala Nyx.
With special thanks to Zarghuna Kargar.
Produced by Emma Harding, BBC Audio Wales
On radio
Tue 10 Mar 202616:00
BBC Radio 4
Broadcast
- Tue 10 Mar 202616:00BBC Radio 4
