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Herati Women Poets

Afaq Jalariz

Amjad Rezay

Bedeli

Dilshad Khatoon

Fatima Akhtar

Fatima Sajjadi

Hamida M. Husseini

Hanifa Faryor Rostay

Hayati

Hazuqa Herati

Maah

Mahjub Herati

Majuba Herawi

Maryam Kanizak

Maryam Turkmeni

Mehrunesa

Huma M. Azar

Senawbar Hajeza

Zahra Mahmudi

Zahra Rasuli

Ziagul Sultani

Biographies of Herati woman poets

Senawbar’s last name is Hajeza (innocent).  Her father’s name was Sayyed Abdullah and her grandfather was known as Mir Sufi.  Her sister, Maryam Kanizak, was also a poet and the sisters read their poems to each other. Senawbar Hajeza was a resident of Kerkh, Herat, in the early 1900s.

Most of her poems are Sufism, praising God and his prophet. Her poetry collections are speaking about passion towards God.

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