Review by Robin Yassin-Kassab at Pulse of Alex Strick van Linschoten, Felix Kuehn, editors; Mirwais Rahmany, Abdul Hamid Stanikzai, translators; Faisal Devji, foreword; Poetry of the Taliban, Hurst & Co.
“What is so interesting is that the Taliban’s official face and past practice has been so fiercely anti-Sufi, anti-historical, and seemingly anti-culture. This book provides an entirely different outlook. Indeed, in their rich memory of 19th century British invasions, of Afghan folklore and Islamic heroism, the Taliban poets seem more awake to history than we are.”
Book site. Amazon. Blogs: Alex, Felix.
May 14 2012 at 2:23 pm
Alex lists Toynbee’s A Study of History among “books I love”.
July 6 2012 at 12:49 pm
I find it hard to imagine a book entitled Poetry of Boko Haram.