An eloquent, powerful and inspiring Queen in the lands of Khorasan/Transaxionia

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Sources :

– Arifa Akbar, 2009. Jewel of Afghan cinema saved from the Taliban. The Independent Newspaper : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jewel-of-afghan-cinema-saved-from-the-taliban-1681824.html
– AWWP, Norwan 2012. The History Teacher and the Story of Rabia Balkhi. Afghan Women’s Writing Project : https://awwproject.org/2013/08/the-story-of-rabia-balkhi/
– Munazza Ebtikar, 2021. The Story of Rabia Balkhi, Afghanistan’s Most Famous Female Poet. Ajam Media Collective: https://ajammc.com/2021/08/16/rabia-balkhi-afghanistan-poet/ and 2022. The Story of Rabia Balkhi. FERSkola : https://ferskola2022.onlinebase.net/the-story-of-rabia-balkhi/
– Not mentioned. Rabia Balkhi. Kripkit: https://kripkit.com/rabia-balkhi/
– Nushin Arbabzadah, 2012. The princess and the slave – how love kills in Afghanistan. PenOpp Magazine : https://www.penopp.org/articles/princess-and-slave-how-love-kills-in-afghanistan?language_content_entity=en
– Ramin Marzhar, 2018. Ces Afghanes qui portent la plume dans la plaie. L’ Orient-Le Jour : https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1120544/ces-afghanes-qui-portent-la-plume-dans-la-plaie.html

To go further :

– AWWP, 2013. The Story of Rabia Balkhi. AWWP : https://awwproject.org/2013/08/the-story-of-rabia-balkhi/
– Bashir, 2014. The erotic and revolutionary poetry of Afghanistan. Pen Transmisions : https://pentransmissions.com/2014/06/19/the-erotic-and-revolutionary-poetry-of-afghanistan/
– Carnegie Corporation, 2017. Virtual Treasures. ‘Bringing historical and cultural riches from Afghanistan — and beyond – “to all people, wherever in the world they might be’. Medium: https://medium.com/carnegie-reporter/virtual-treasures-54c547201f10
– Farhad Azad, 2019. ‘Rabia Balkhi: Afghanistan’s Only Historical Period Film’. Afghan Magazine : https://afghanmagazine.com/post/184171382184/rabia-balkhi-afghanistans-only-historical-period?is_related_post=1
– Free Women Writers, 2018. Fighting Patriarchy with the Power of the Pen. Free Women Writers: https://www.freewomenwriters.org/2018/06/20/afghan-women-fighting-patriarchy-with-the-power-of-the-pen/
– Monica Whitlock, 2018. A Short history of Life: Afghanistan’s lost magazine. BBC : https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-42878241
– Not mentioned, 2016. Rabia Balkhi (c. 914-943 AD) First Poetess in the History of New Persian Poetry. Le Journal Eveillé : http://journaleveille.blogspot.com/2016/09/rabia-balkhi.html
– Ramin Marzhar, 2018. Ces Afghanes qui portent la plume dans la plaie. L’ Orient-Le Jour: https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1120544/ces-afghanes-qui-portent-la-plume-dans-la-plaie.html

– Special Thanks to the Free Women Writers’ team and Paiwand (from London) for their replies.

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