The Bahar Collective

Poetry, writing and storytelling

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A collection in the making

We are building this collection with Afghan creators, one voice and one story at a time.

Poems, writing and stories will appear here once their creators have shared them, each piece has been read privately, and its creator has given permission to publish.

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A tradition that continues

A page of Persian verse in flowing black nastaʿlīq script, written diagonally on cream paper, framed by a green border painted with leaping gold deer and flowering branches.
A four-line poem written in nastaʿlīq by Mir Ali Heravi, the Herat-born master calligrapher, first half of the 16th century. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons