Short, Potent Poetry Offers Bite of Afghan Life

Name: Short, Potent Poetry Offers Bite of Afghan Life
Uploaded: 2013-06-18T19:01:20Z
Duration: P254S
Description: Journalist Eliza Griswold and photographer Seamus Murphy collaborated on a project on oral folk poems known as landays, which have been recited by women in Afghanistan for centuries. Murphy discusses some of his favorite images of daily life in Afghanistan.

Clip: Season 2013 | 4m 14s

Journalist Eliza Griswold and photographer Seamus Murphy collaborated on a project on oral folk poems known as landays, which have been recited by women in Afghanistan for centuries. Murphy discusses some of his favorite images of daily life in Afghanistan.

Aired: 06/18/13

Rating: NR

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