Voices of women from Afghanistan : five plays and the stories that inspired them /

"Five female playwrights offer short but intense experiences of the lives of Afghan girls and women in the brief, perilous years before the Taliban retook Kabul. The five plays, and the journalism they're based on are illuminating, wry, surprising, heart-rending. They open our eyes to what...

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Other Authors: Ferris, Lesley (Editor), Morgan, Jenny (Filmmaker) (Editor), Hashemi, Monirah, Arbabzadah, Nushin, Bhattacharyya, Sonali, Joseph, Yasmin, Bano, Alia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.
Series:Methuen Drama play collections.
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Summary:"Five female playwrights offer short but intense experiences of the lives of Afghan girls and women in the brief, perilous years before the Taliban retook Kabul. The five plays, and the journalism they're based on are illuminating, wry, surprising, heart-rending. They open our eyes to what Afghan women wrestled with in the two decades between periods of Taliban rule, and remind us what is being lost every day that women in Afghanistan are silenced"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781350547360
1350547360
9781350547353
1350547352