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Salma Shaheen
Pakistani poet, writer, researcher and the first woman-Pashto novelist · Pakistan · On the map · Writers · Born 1954 · age 72
Salma Shaheen is a Pakistani poet, fiction writer, and researcher. She is recognized as the first woman novelist in the Pashto language and served as the first female director of the Pashto Academy at the University of Peshawar. Shaheen began her literary career primarily writing poems in Urdu and Pashto.
Salma Shaheen is read about 2 times a day, in 8 languages.
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She has written on Pashto language, literature, and culture, particularly focusing on women writers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Country
Pakistan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72
