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Salma Shaheen
Pakistani poet, writer, researcher and the first woman-Pashto novelist

Salma Shaheen

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Pakistani poet, writer, researcher and the first woman-Pashto novelist
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Place of birth
Mardan District, Mardan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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70 years
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Women University Mardan
Mardan, Mardan Tehsil, Pakistan
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Biography

Salma Shaheen (born 16 April 1954) 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. She has written on Pashto language, literature, and culture, particularly focusing on women writers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Early life

Salma was born on 16 April 1954 in Baghdada town in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She did her secondary schooling from a government school in 1971, and later attended the Women University Mardan (formerly Government College for Women, Mardan) in 2002 and completed further education, including graduation, and doctor's degree with Modern Pashto poem.

Career

Shaheen was initially involved in writings and started her career during childhood. It is believed she originally began writing when she was studying in eighth standard. Her father played a significant role in her career and encouraged her to earn moral authority for Pakhto women. As a director of Pashto Academy, she restored language regulatory institution in 2011 which was previously merged into a not-known institution called Centre for Pashto language and literature. She is also credited for bringing out 120 Pakhtunwali books on hujra, music, dance and jirga.

Literary work

As a poet, Shaheen wrote fourteen to eighteen books in Urdu and Pashto languages, and as a researcher, she wrote folk songs or a research book on folk music titled "Pashto Tapa", short stories, including "Kanri Auo Aghzi" which translates as stones and thorns. Her poetic books include "Za Hum Haghse Wara Way" and "Nawey Sahar" which was originally published in 1982. As a researcher, she has published 42 publications on various topics, including social, culture, tradition and language barriers. Her poetry is focused on Pashto culture, literature, and traditions. She is credited for writing two novels titled "Ka Rana Shawa" and "Kani Au Azghi". She also wrote poems which are recognized one of prominent books which includes "Abasin Da Tarikh", "Muasharati Au Saqafati Asar" and "Awami Sandare". As a writer, she represented Pakistan in numerous countries at literary events such as seminars and conferences and was nominated member of a cultural delegation to China. During her visit to China, she wrote a book titled "Dil Aur Ankhein Cheen Main".


Publication

S.NoBook NameDescription
01Abaseen Da Tarikh pa Aina KeIt is a history of the river Indus, published in 1980 by Pashto Academy
02Roohi SandariLanguage Pashto, published in 1983 by Pashto Academy. Collection, compilation and research on Pashto folk, songs (Tappa)
03Roohi Sandari, Vol. IILanguage Pashto, published in 1983 by Pashto Academy. Collection, compilation and research on Pashto folk, songs (Tappa)
04Nawai SaharLanguage Pashto, a collection of Poetry
05The Pakhto Tappa, Muasharati Au Saqafati AsarAn introduction of the Pashtoon Society through a particular poetic form Tappa published in 1985 by Pashto Academy
06Zah Hum Hagha Si Wara WayA collection of Pashto Poetry in 1996
07Ka Ranna ShawaA novel published in 1998
08Kani Ao AzghiShort Stories collection, 2001
09Dil Or Ankhein Cheen MeSafar Nama
10Modern Poems in PashtoResearch
11Ravail-- do --
12Modern Poems in Pashto-- do --
13Peshawar City and TraditionLok Virsa Project, Islamabad, Pakistan
14Musical Instrument of PashtoonLok Virsa Project, Islamabad, Pakistan

Research Paper written by Dr Salma Shaheen are following:

Research Papers

S.NoPublicationJournalMonthYear
01Da Pakhto Da Bannar TairPashtoNovember, December1978
02ParwazPashtoSeptember1980
03Hayat-e-Dard Yow TanqeedPashto, Pashto AcademyDecember1980
04Khushal Khan Da Naswani Hussan ShidaiPashto, Khushal No.March, April1980
05Da Islam Nomawarii Fatiheen Ao JarnallanPashtoJanuary, February1980
06Da Nazmoono Ao Maqaalo FihristPashtoJuly,

March

1981
07Da Ghani PalwashaiPashto, Pashto AcademyDecember1983
08Pa Tappa Ki Da Meni Ao Badi Dardoona Ao TakoronaPashtoOctober1984
09Da Pakhtano Da Ulasi Zound Paltana Da Tapai Ra Ranna KiPashtoApril1984
10Da Tapai PainandgaloPashtoJanuary, February1984
11Sur-Ara Zama Pa Nazar KiPashto Aatiraf No.----1988
12Pukhto Rasmul Khat Ta Yowa Sar-Sare KattanaPashto SeminarOctober1991,

1992

13Pa Pakhto Tappa Ki Muasharati NafsiyatPashtoMay, August1993,

1995

14Da Zaitoon Bano Fun Au ShakhsiyathPashtoNovember, December1995
15Tappa Au Ulasi Zound----------1995,  1996
16Adab Saqafat Au JamhooriatUniversity Journal-----1996, 1997
17Shaere GhaniPashtoApril1997
18Pukhto Academy ki Pa Ulasi Adab Shwee KaroonaUniversity Journal-----1998, 1999
19Pakistani Khawateen Aur Pashto AdabPakistan Academy of Letters Adbiat-----2001
20Alama Iqbal Aur Iqiswee Sadi----------2002
21Study of women in Pashtoon Society----------2002
22Badalti hoi Dunia mai Adab ka KirdarPakistan Academy of Letters AdbiatFebruary2005
23Akeshwein Saddi, Pakistani Zubano ka mustaqbil-----August2005
24Pakistani Saqafat Aalmi Tanazur main-----August2005
25Allama Iqbal aur Akeshwein Saddi----------
26Improvement in the Quality of Life in the N.W.F.P in the futurePashtoOctober – December2008
27Khawateen ki Haqooq Pashtoon Saqafat ki Roshni main-----March2009
28Pashtoon Khawateen Nasar NigarAllama Iqbal Open University, IslamabadMarch2009
29Ajmal Khattak & Modern PoemPashtoOctober – December2010
30The Secrets of the Afghans

(Eighteenth Century)

PashtoOctober,

June

2011,

2012

31Qambar Ali Khan Orakzai (An elegy and ghazal poet of the southern district)PashtoOctober,

June

2011,

2012

Awards

Shaheen is the receipt of numerous awards for her contribution to Pashto literature, social, culture and tradition. Her awards include Abasin Art Council Award, Pakistan Culture Association Award, Pakistan Academy of Letters Hijra and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz which was conferred by the government of Pakistan in 2009.

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