Olszewska, Zuzanna, 1978-

The pearl of Dari : poetry and personhood among young Afghans in Iran / Zuzanna Olszewska. - 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations. - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa . - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Border Crossings and Fractured Selves : A History of the Afghan Presence in Iran -- The Melancholy Modern : The Rise of a Refugee Intelligentsia -- Afghan Literary Organizations in Postrevolutionary Iran -- The Social Lives of Poets and Poetry -- Modern Love : Poetry, Companionate Marriage, and Recrafting the Self -- "When Your Darun Speaks to You" : Ethics of Revelation and Concealment in Lyric Poetry.

9780253017635 (e-book)


Moʻasseseh-ye Farhangi-ye Dorr-e Dari.


Afghans--Intellectual life.--Iran
Afghans--Social conditions.--Iran
Refugees--Afghanistan.
Dari poetry--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

DS269.A34 / O57 2015eb

305.891/593055