Songs of Love and War: Afghan Women's Poetry
Sayd Bahodine Majrouhserved as the Dean of the Department of Literature in Kabul, Afghanistan, and then as the Governor of the Province of Kapiça. After the Soviet invasion, he went into exile in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he founded the Afghan Information Center. The literary heir of Rumi and Omar Khayyam, his epicEgo-Monstreconstitutes the whole of the major poetic work of twentieth century Afghan literature. He was assassinated on February 11, 1988 in Peshawar.