Rahima Naz () (born 14 February 1986) is a Pakistani

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

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and the

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. The most prominent themes in Naz's poetry are love and feminism.

Biography

Naz was born in a village in Khot Valley, Torkhow,

Chitral District Chitral District (; ) was a district in the Malakand Division of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 14 August 1947 to 2018. It was the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, covering an area of 14,850 km2, before spl ...

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, Pakistan. She did her matriculation from Federal Government Public Girls High School Cherat. Naz started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, ''Lala-e-Kuhsaar'' to great acclaim, in 2011. Naz is committed to girls

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. She stands for

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and believes that women should have equal opportunities in every sector of life.

Works

* ''Lala-e-Kuhsaar''

References

1986 births Living people Chitrali people Khowar poets Pakistani women poets 21st-century Pakistani women writers 21st-century Pakistani poets Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan alumni {{Pakistan-poet-stub