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The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.

This year will take from me
the hardened person
who I longed to be.
I am healing by mistake.
Rome is also built on ruins.

I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban.

The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.

It's important to understand that violent Islam is only one face of violent religion.

News isn't designed to talk about daily life in its nuances, but poetry is.

Poetry allows me to write about what I don't know, whereas journalism demands a higher level of certainty to be worthy of being written.

Poetry is a popular genre in Afghanistan. If you turned on the radio, there would be a poetry program that would be as popular as The Real Housewives.

I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's.

Poetry isn't as relevant in the Western world as it is in Afghanistan. And not many people make time for something that doesn't feel relevant.

In most of the world, poetry has such a different reputation than it does in Western culture.

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly.