Farkhonda Rajabe

Mazar e Sharif

Farkhonda Arzooaby RAJABE (poet, journalist; Afghanistan) is a poet, journalist and human rights activist. The author of the short story collection [Cold Hands] (2008), she has also edited poetry collections of young regional poets, among them Drang dar Rang [Focus on Color] and Farda Waraq Bezan [Look Forward to the Future]. She directs the Partaw Cultural House in Mazar-i-Sharif, whose Dari-language monthly Partaw she edits. Her articles have been published and broadcast by the Dari daily Hasht-i-Subh, and by Deutsche Welle. She is a graduate student in the Department of Dari Literature at the Faculty of Languages and Literature of Balkh University.

Farkhonda is one of the nine original Silk Routes: Heritage, Trade, Practice project participants who met in the Maldives in the spring of 2014 to discuss shared heritages and writing traditions. She is currently conducting a Silk Routes mini-grant entitled, "Silk Routes Short Story Festival."

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Gawar Khaton School visit media_image	On Becoming a Writer in Afghanistan I am a girl from a country in the heart of Asia. My family named me Farkhonda, which means beatific and auspicious. I am the oldest child; 12 years ago I was sent to school to learn to read and write. I read books... media_text	Gawar Khaton School media_image
Gawar Khaton School class media_image	Literary Arts In Afghanistan Responding to the invitation of this program’s organizers, I will first focus on the story, or fiction, in Persian language, then talk about women’s situation with regard to fiction in Afghanistan. The term ‘... media_text	Environmental Festival media_image
Traditional Afghan Dress media_image	Writing in & of the World: Silk Routes Grant Narrative, Afghanistan I am a girl from a country in the heart of Asia. My family named me Farkhonda, which means beatific and auspicious. I am the oldest child; 12 years ago I was sent to school to learn to read and write. I read books... media_text	Traditional Dress media_image
Gawar Khaton School classroom media_image	Writing in Afghanistan Despite a creative writing culture within Afghani universities, many young writers remain silenced—either lacking access to publishing opportunities or fearful to share their ideas. The purpose of this project is to... media_text

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