The Afghanistan Society held an event with Afghan food, music, and a talk with writer Batool Haidari, poet and translator Parwana Fayyaz, and Untold Narratives’ director Lucy Hannah to discuss Rising After the Fall, Afghan Women Share Their Stories (Scholastic, 2023) and My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024). Filmmaker Alexander Bodin Saphir also spoke about his work developing an animation around My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird (MacLehose Press, 2022).

Creative Encounters: Manifesto Library (London)
Wednesday 28 October, 2026 at 6pm
Free – no ticket required
Join artist Zoe Thompson at Dua Lipa’s ...
October 28, 2026



