TEHRAN -- The Sweden-based Afghan writer Mohammad-Hossein Mohammadi narrated Taliban oppression against women in his latest novel “Siasar”, which has recently been published in Iran.

The book tells the story of a woman who was forced to take cover in the basement of her home in a region under the Taliban, Mohammadi has written on his Facebook.

The book was introduced by publisher Hekmat Kalameh during the 29th Tehran International Book Fair in May. 

Mohammadi, 41, was forced to flee the war in his homeland in 1982 in search of hope and safety in Iran. 

He left Iran in 1996 to start a new life in his motherland Mazar-i-Sharif. However, he was forced again to flee the city just one later after the outbreak of war by the Taliban.

He was admitted to the M.A. degree in filmmaking in Iran.

His short story collection “The Red Figs in Mazar-i-Sharif” won several litery awards, including the Hushang Golshiri Award and Isfahan Literary Award.

An Italian translation of the book by Narges Samadi was published by Ponte33 in Italy in November 2012.

His credits also include “Being Forgotten” and “The Afghan Story Writing Dictionary”.

Photo: The cover of Afghan writer Mohammad-Hossein Mohammadi’s latest novel “Siasar” about Taliban oppression against women

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