Oral poetry was the only form of education most of the girls in Afghanistan received. Afghan women wrote landays, which were a form of folk poetry, specifically for illiterate people. “Fearing that she’d be kidnapped or raped by warlords, her father pulled her out of school after the fifth grade”, talking about Rahila Muska, a young poet who was growing up in Taliban. (Landays) In 2010, Rahila set herself on fire in a form of protest for women’s rights after she had been viciously abused by her brothers for writing poetry. Women weren’t permitted to have access to poetry, especially love poetry, it foreshadowed disgrace and one’s discretion. Also, landays are portrayed in forms of songs, though women singers were portrayed as
Oral poetry was the only form of education most of the girls in Afghanistan received. Afghan women wrote landays, which were a form of folk poetry, specifically for illiterate people. “Fearing that she’d be kidnapped or raped by warlords, her father pulled her out of school after the fifth grade”, talking about Rahila Muska, a young poet who was growing up in Taliban. (Landays) In 2010, Rahila set herself on fire in a form of protest for women’s rights after she had been viciously abused by her brothers for writing poetry. Women weren’t permitted to have access to poetry, especially love poetry, it foreshadowed disgrace and one’s discretion. Also, landays are portrayed in forms of songs, though women singers were portrayed as