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Kabul-born poet and writer Javed Farhad prepares to sell his treasured book collection (photo courtesy Javed Farhad).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00c0ngeles Espinosa<\/h4>\n

1 in 3 Afghans are going hungry and two million children are malnourished.<\/h6>\n

With the country on the verge of starvation<\/a>, the loss of a few books may seem like a small matter. However, the image of the 52-year-old Afghan poet and writer Javed Farhad getting rid of his library in order to feed his family and pay the rent, sums up like few others the dehumanization that Afghanistan is suffering. Deprived of a minimum income, all their effort goes into survival. There is no time for culture, let alone recreation. \u201cI feel strange, it\u2019s as if I had sold my children,\u201d he wrote in the text that accompanied the photo on his Facebook profile and repeats in conversation with a foreign reporter at his home in Kabul.<\/p>\n

It was not an easy decision, but it was necessary. \u201cI owed three months\u2019 rent and since the Taliban took over, I lost my job as a university lecturer and as an editor at Khurshid television station,\u201d says Farhad who, like most Afghans, combined two jobs to support his family \u2014 and Afghan families are not small. In addition to his wife, who also lost her job at the Human Rights Office, the writer has four children, two of whom are married and live with their wives at home because they are still at university, and a grandchild by one of the couple.<\/p>\n

The dire economy has led to the closure of 95% of libraries, bookshops and publishing houses in Kabul.<\/h6>\n

Among the 2,000 volumes Farhad had amassed in his library, there were several collector\u2019s items, including two manuscript books from the beginning of the last century. There were also three works by Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca, including Blood Wedding<\/em>, translated into Persian. But what he found most difficult to part with was the collection of poetry by Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi, better known as Rumi, the influential Persian mystic poet. The writer\u2019s eyes water at the memory. Only a dozen books have remained, including two written by his wife.<\/p>\n

Even so, the painful separation has only temporarily alleviated their hardship. The money raised, equivalent to 700 euros, a twelfth of what they cost him, only covers the rent for the three months due. \u201cI still have another two months to pay,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In addition to hardship, there is fear. Farhad has been attacked twice by the Taliban, the last time only a month ago. He was not at home and his eldest son who was with him was beaten up. He confesses that he is afraid and that sometimes he sleeps at his sister\u2019s or a friend\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Taliban are anti-culture, anti-music, anti-poetry and anti-freedom,\u201d he says, before pointing out that they have postponed indefinitely all cultural activities. Many Afghan artists have gone into hiding<\/a>. The economic situation has also led to the closure of 95% of libraries, bookshops and publishing houses in the capital, according to sources in the sector quoted by ToloNews. \u201cArtists and writers have a very dark future,\u201d says Farhad. \u201cIf the Taliban stay in power, those like me who have not left the country will do so in the future,\u201d he predicts.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why he calls on foreign artists and intellectuals to show solidarity by offering aid or places to stay to Afghans so that they can leave the country with dignity, especially women writers. \u201cThere used to be many of them at our meetings, but now we don\u2019t know whether they are at home or have managed to leave,\u201d he says with concern.<\/p>\n

Personally, he would prefer to stay if his safety and that of his family were guaranteed and he is allowed to write. \u201cUnder threat, it is not possible to live like this,\u201d Farhad says. He also fears that things will get worse because he doesn\u2019t think the Taliban have changed as they pretend to have done. \u201cThey are only acting more prudently to get outside recognition,\u201d he believes. It hurts him that the international community does not have a clear policy in this regard and he is willing to accept that the Taliban be recognized \u201cif they at least respect half of what is asked of them\u201d in terms of human rights and freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

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This column first appeared in El Pa\u00eds<\/a> and is translated here by Jordan Elgrably.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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