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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nadia Ghulam is the 7,308th most popular writer (down from 7,080th in 2024), the 174th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 155th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Afghan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadia Ghulam ranks 7,308 out of 7,302. Before her are Ruth Ware, Jon Spaihts, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Will Self, Samantha Harvey, and Ondjaki. After her are Meg LeFauve, Carl Zimmer, Katharine Gun, Scott Lynch, Michael Schur, and Ottessa Moshfegh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Nadia Ghulam ranks 875. Before 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 174 out of 177. Before her are Bibi Aisha (1991), Robina Muqimyar (1986), Jamila Afghani (1976), Roya Sadat (1983), Khalil Haqqani (1966), and Sonita Alizadeh (1996). After her are Rashid Khan (1998), Balal Arezou (1988), Faysal Shayesteh (1991), Shamsuddin Amiri (1985), Zohib Islam Amiri (1990), and Chékéba Hachemi (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Nadia Ghulam ranks 13. Before her are Rabia Balkhi (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Abdul Hakim Haqqani (1967), Nadia Anjuman (1981), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992). After her are Chékéba Hachemi (1974), Fatima Bhutto (1982), and Rangina Hamidi (null).

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