My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird, Hay Festival

May 28, 2022
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This special event, in partnership with Hay Festival, celebrated the launch of My Pen Is The Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women (MacLehose Press, 2022). 

Contributor Masoma joined translator Zarghuna Kargar and Untold Narratives’ director Lucy Hannah to discuss and perform extracts of these powerful, profound and deeply moving new pieces.

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