This trend has a long historical root in Persian, Pashto and other literatures that underwent Arab-Islamic influences after the spread of Islam in South Asia and central. The main themes that constituted are pre-Islamic glories, ancient and folkloric values. These tendencies have mostly been suppressed by pro-Islamic writers, leaders, elites and schools. Feminism Pashtun women's poetry implicitly and explicitly contains elements of feminism; women recite verses of landay (pronounced "land-eyes"), a genre of two-line folk poetry particular to Pashto, mostly with unknown authors who convey their love and also talk about loss, frustration, war, female identity and women's political views. Don't shout, my love, my father doesn't give me to you. Don't shame me in the busy street by shouting, "I will die for you." I'm just like