{"product_id":"hair-on-fire-afghan-women-poets","title":"Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthors: Nadia Anjuman, Hajar Hussaini, Mahbouba Ibrahimi, Mariam Meetra, \u0026amp; Karima Shabrang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslators: Diana Arterian, Samantha Cosentino, Marina Omar, Fatemeh Shams, \u0026amp; Maral Taheri\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Two Lines Press (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eFive female Afghan poets wield language to combat the loneliness, absurdity, and claustrophobia of life in a war-torn country and its diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are long hypnotic beards tangled with mass extinctions; hateful men burning grapevines; black blindfolds; jinn in chadors; and condoms advertised every eight minutes on TV. Interspersing these are tender moments: one poet describes brushing her daughter’s hair, 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 on Afghan women’s rights, \u003cem\u003eHair on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is a blazing tribute to a group of exceptional poetesses and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44030103257187,"sku":"9781949641844","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/image_7d89417e-f90e-4cf3-88d0-67542131d0c2.jpg?v=1772323922","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/hair-on-fire-afghan-women-poets","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}