Abdul bari jahani biography of alberta

Afghan writer, author of 2006–2021 anthem lyrics

Abdul Bari Jahani (Pashto: عبدالباري جهاني, born 14 February 1948) is an Afghan poet, novelist, historian and journalist.

He wrote the lyrics for the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

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Early life and education

Jahani was born in Ahmad Shahyee area of Kandahar city, in southern Afghanistan. Jahani often recalls his old good days of childhood in Kandahar where he spent most of his teenage years and talks about how Kandahar was once a melting pot and a common home for all ideologies and beliefs.

In his Raazo-Niyaaz book Jahani talks about how he grew up playing in Kandahar as a kid and how peaceful Kandahar was during his high school time.

Jahani's ethnicity is unknown, in one of his books, Jahani himself denotes that his uncle's wife has once mentioned to him that he might be from the Ludin tribe, a sub-tribe of Ghilzai, one of the two main tribes of Pashtuns.

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