Parwana Fayyez reads poems from ‘Forty Names’

Afghan writers, Parwana Fayyez and Wahida Khorsand, celebrate the 100th anniversary of PEN and Human Rights Day in a warm-hearted online poetry event organised by Jeni Williams of Wales PEN Cymru.

This video is a clip taken from the event, where Parwana Fayyez reads three poems: Sewing Needles, The Silent Poet and Wolf-Rider, from her publication Forty Names.

Click to read our full blog post of this event.

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