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Hello Friends,
On Aawaa you could go through writings and translations by Zubaida Akbar and Ali Kazemi. To state the obvious, this page is new and the writers of it hope it will fall useful and interesting to the respectable viewers.

The content of this page evolve around Dari translation of poems and short stories specifically addressed to the children. A question could be raised in your mind as to why targeting the children?! Perhaps the complication of adults’ world could be considered one reason. Or that the children of Afghanistan have not gained the due attention they deserve. These are the grounds that prove the task of translation easy for those new in the field. Children’s realm is simple, austere and Spartan. Wishes and wants of children, being she a 10-year-old Uzbek girl in the dusty avenues of Sheberghan (North of Afghanistan) rollicking around, or a dark-skinned girl stepping in mud in Africa, or being he a blonde blue-eyed boy that is practicing becoming a “David Bekham” in Northampton, if not very same, they are similar or at least understandable! Perhaps there are many lessons we have to learn from them. Anyways….

To you (Viewers) from us: We (Ali Kazemi and Zubaida Akbar) welcome you to this page and are grateful to your kind comments sand criticisms.
On this page, our focus lies on the shortcomings and deficiencies at children’s literature in Afghanistan, which has missed to gain enough attention so far, and in fulfilling this task, we do need you adults’ contribution through sharing views and opinions and even if possible those of children’s themselves, as both of us experience our first shots in this field. With respectful thanks!

And at the end, who are we?
Ali Kazemi and Zubaida Akbar have shared a long while of knowing each other. Loitering through the dusty avenues of Kabul, chatting with begging kids in Shahr Naw, now they feel they have gone through different stages of life together. As a means of further strengthening this relationship, Ali and Zubaida have initiated this joint translation project and wish their joint venture brings a news source of discoveries for children’s literature and even more.

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- همين متن به دري
- آوا به دري