A year in the life of an Afghan women’s writing group, Cambridge Literary Festival

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Writer Batool Haidari, translator Dr Negeen Kargar, and Untold director Lucy Hannah were at Cambridge Literary Festival to discuss My Dear Kabul (Coronet Books, 2024), in conversation with journalist Mary Hockaday.

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