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Dr
Abdulghafour Arezou
Born17 February 1962
Herat, Afghanistan
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, diplomat, and university professor
Years activeSince 1978
TitleAmbassador of Afghanistan to Tajikistan
Term2010–2016
PredecessorMohammad Kheirkhah
SuccessorZalmai Younosi
SpouseRoudabeh Tamanna
ChildrenRamin, Ghazal, Benyamin

Abdulghafour Arezou (Persian: عبدالغفور آرزو) (born February 17, 1962, in Herat, Afghanistan) is an Afghan writer, poet, Bīdelšinās,[1][2][3] former ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Tajikistan[4][5][6] and former university professor.[7][8] By 2014 he had written more than 40 books about Persian poetry and literature, culture, and politics[9][5] and was called one of the most prominent writers of modern Afghanistan by the former president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani.[10][11] For his contribution to culture and language, he was awarded the medal of Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan kohdamani and the Abolghasem Ferdowsi's artistic cultural emblem.[12][11][9]

Biography

Life and education

Abdulghafour Arezou was born on 17 February 1962 in Herat, Afghanistan in an educated family. His father, Akhtar Mohamad, was a government official and his mother, Zainab, was a housewife.[6][2][1][3] He finished primary school at Seyf ibn Yaqub Heravi High school. His brothers, Dr. Abdulrasul and Abdullah Arezou, and his nephew Dr. Parviz Arezu are also poets. He is married to Roudabeh Tamanna, the daughter of Afghan poet Abdul Karim Tamanna, and the couple have three children named Ramin, Ghazal, and Benyamin.[13][2][1][3]

He obtained his Ph.D. in the Persian language and literature from the Tarbiat Modares University in 2007. He completed his second master's degree in political science in 2016 from Tajik State Pedagogical University.[8][7][6]

Political activism and governmental works

Abdulghafour Arezou formed a close relationship with the anti-Taliban commander Ismail Khan and became his personal advisor. Following the United States invasion of Afghanistan, Arezou became the chief of staff of Ismail Khan's Herat province government[2] and accompanied him to Switzerland to raise funds for rebuilding Afghanistan.[14] He resigned from his post after seven months due to political disagreement and subsequently was appointed chargé d'affaires of the Afghanistan Embassy in Tehran, Iran.[15][16][17] After that he was an advisor to the Afghanistan Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2007 and 2010.[8][7] From 2010 to 2016 he was the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Tajikistan, and under his ambassadorship the new building of the Afghanistan embassy in Tajikistan was inaugurated by then Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai and Tajikistan president Emomali Rahmon.[11][4][5][6][18] Lastly, from 2016 until the Fall of Kabul he was the Director General of the diplomatic archive of the Afghanistan foreign ministry.[11][19] Due to the threat of persecution by the Taliban, he and his family escaped to Iran, where he joined the Center of Khorasan Studies of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.[19]

Bibliography

Sources[11][9][2][1][3]

Politics and history

Mysticism

Bedil studies

Literature and literary criticism

Quran studies

Anthologies of others' poetry

Poems

References

  1. ^ a b c d Anousheh, Hassan (2002). Encyclopedia of Persian Literature: Persian literature in Afghanistan Volume 3 (دانشنامه ادب فارسی: ادب فارسی در افغانستان (جلد 3)). Tehran, Iran: The Printing and Publishing Authority of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. ISBN 9789644221415.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sabry Harwi, Jalil (2010). Poets of the present era of Afghanistan ( شعرای عصر حاضر افغانستان) (2 ed.). Mashhad, Iran: Nund Publishing. pp. 55–62. ISBN 9789646824164.
  3. ^ a b c d Anousheh and Shariati, Hassan and Haffizollah (2004). Afghanistan in exile: Biography and poetry of exiled Afghan poets (1 ed.). Tehran, Iran: Nasim Bukhara. ISBN 9649505008.
  4. ^ a b "Meeting with the Ambassador of Afghanistan and with the Deputy Head of European Union Delegation to Tajikistan". mfa.tj. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "At the Heart of Asia". theworldfolio.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d "New Afghan envoy presets copy of credentials to Tajik foreign minister". asiaplustj.info. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  7. ^ a b c "عبدالغفور آرزو". oldsooremehr.ir.
  8. ^ a b c "عبدالغفور آرزو". ketabnak.com.
  9. ^ a b c Hadi, Madine (Spring 2021). "A conversation about three key strategic theories". Strategic Studies - Center for Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 1 (51): 59–68.
  10. ^ Anderson, Chris (23 June 2020). "A vision for the future of Afghanistan - interview with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani". www.ted.com/. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Introducing book and the writer: Water crisis and the silent diplomacy by Dr. Abdulghafour Arezou". Storai Magazine - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 1 (4): 32. 22 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Ferdousi medals". Mehrnews. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  13. ^ چهار شاعر چهار برادر: دریچه‌ای بر شعر معاصر افغانستان. ISBN 9789645599049 – via www.gisoom.com.
  14. ^ "Das intellektuelle Gewissen des Kriegsfürsten | NZZ".
  15. ^ "Afghan refugees preparing to vote ahead of presidential elections". www.aparchive.com. aptn. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  16. ^ "ديروز و امروز مهاجران افغانى در ايران : گفتگو با عبدالغفور آرزو کاردار سفارت افغانستان – DW – ۱۳۸۳/۱۲/۱۰". dw.com.
  17. ^ "طي مراسمي با حضور مستشار سفارت افغانستان در ايران؛ دفتر همكاري‌هاي دانشگاهي ايران و افغانستان در دانشگاه تهران آغاز به‌كار كرد". 2 September 2002.
  18. ^ "مراسم افتتاح سفارت افغانستان در تاجیکستان". afgembassytj. Retrieved 25 September 2011 – via Youtube.
  19. ^ a b "Khorasan studies welcome new members". Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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