Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas is an Afghan poet

Poet

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, and short story writer.

Life

She is the daughter of Shafee Rahgozar.
She graduated high school in Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

, and married Rai Barlas.
She graduated from Istanbul University

Istanbul University

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 in 1977.
She worked for the Minister for Information and Culture.
In 1979, she went into exile.
She was a Senior Editor and News Anchor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
She graduated from University of Washington

University of Washington

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 with an MA in 1996.

Works

• Dayer-e Shegeftiha (Wonderland), 1999
• The Heavens are my Father, 2001

• Wondering Eyes

External links

• From ...and the Heavens are my Father (September 2001),
• New Pictures from Solidaire Provence Afghanistan
• http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=01/12/17/8447710