My Dear Kabul: A year in the life of an Afghan women’s writing group (Coronet, August 2024), translated into English from Dari by Parwana Fayyaz and from Pashto by Dr Negeen Kargar.
“A hugely important book” – Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019
In August 2021, the 21 women in Untold’s writer’s group were in the process of publishing a short story collection, My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women (MacLehose, 2022), when their world was turned upside down as US forces withdrew and the Taliban took over. Staying connected via WhatsApp, they established a lifeline, a vital space to keep their creativity alive, support each other and bear witness to the political turmoil unfolding around them.
Published to mark the third anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, this collective diary documents the fall of Kabul and its aftermath.
“Its courage is momentous” – Ali Smith, winner of the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015
My Dear Kabul: A year in the life of an Afghan women’s writing group (Coronet, August 2024) has since been translated into:
German (Coronet Books, 2025), translated from English to German by Nicola Stuart.
