WRITER

Nadia Ghulam

1985 - Today

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Nadia Ghulam Dastgir (born 4 June 1985 in Kabul) is an Afghan woman who spent ten years posing as her dead brother to evade the Taliban's strictures against women. Her book about her experiences, written with Agnès Rotger and published in 2010, El secret del meu turbant (The Secret of My Turban), won the Prudenci Bertrana Prize for fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadia Ghulam is the 7,169th most popular writer (down from 7,080th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 155th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Afghan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadia Ghulam ranks 7,169 out of 7,302Before her are Sophie Dahl, Judith Wright, Edward Kitsis, Tapan Kumar Pradhan, Adam Johnson, and Will Self. After her are Katharine Gun, Scott Lynch, Ottessa Moshfegh, Maggie Stiefvater, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, and Andrew Sean Greer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Nadia Ghulam ranks 831Before her are Donia Samir Ghanem, Johan Eurén, Christine Nesbitt, Christoph Janker, Mattias Hargin, and Anette Sagen. After her are Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, Nazyr Mankiev, Abdallah El Said, Jos van Emden, Manuel Belletti, and Telma Monteiro.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Nadia Ghulam ranks 166 out of 177Before her are Niloofar Rahmani (1992), Bibi Aisha (1991), Robina Muqimyar (1986), Jamila Afghani (1976), Roya Sadat (1983), and Sonita Alizadeh (1996). After her are Rashid Khan (1998), Balal Arezou (1988), Faysal Shayesteh (1991), Shamsuddin Amiri (1985), Zohib Islam Amiri (1990), and Aziza Siddiqui (1983).

Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Nadia Ghulam ranks 12Before her are Unsuri (980), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992). After her are Fatima Bhutto (1982).