Mujawar Ahmad Zyar
Mojawer Ahmad Zyar مجاور احمد زيار | |
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| Born | 1937 |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Citizenship | Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Professor, writer, linguist, historian |
| Children | Pachtyana Zyar,Pachtyan Zyar |
| Website | www |
Mojawer Ahmad Zyar (Pashto: مجاور احمد زيار) is an Afghan linguist, writer and historian of Afghanistan.
Early life and education[]
Zyar was born in 1937 Mazeena Rod of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. He completed his primary school in a local school and graduated from a high school in Kabul. After graduating from high school, Mojawer Ahmad was admitted to the Faculty of Language and Literature of Kabul University in 1959. He graduated 3 years later and started working in the same faculty. In 1966, he went to Bern, Switzerland where he completed his master's degree and PhD from University of Bern.
Work life[]
From 1984 to 1986, Zyar taught as a guest professor at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. From 1994 to 1996, he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Peshawar, Peshawar in Pashto Department.[1]
Academic work[]
Zyar is the author of over 50 books (including dictionaries).[2]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://rohi.af/yoon/files/9.pdf[permanent dead link]
Further reading[]
- , Zyar - De Pashtanay Farhang Yaw Zaland Storai (استاد زیار - د پښتني فرهنګ یو ځلاند ستوری)
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