NAJIBA ATASH-AZAD WAS BORN IN 1948 IN KABUL. HER GRANDFATHER WAS AZAD KABULI, A POET, AND HER FATHER WAS MIR ABDEL AZIZ AZAD. SHE COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN 1968 AT ZARGHUNA HIGH SCHOOL. AFTERWARDS, SHE ATTENDED COLLEGE AND STUDIED TO BECOME A TEACHER. SHE WORKED AS A TEACHER FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, TEACHING LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND GEOGRAPHY. FROM AN EARLY AGE, SHE HAD A DEEP INTEREST IN POETRY AND LITERATURE. HER GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY BEFORE SHE WAS BORN, LEAVING BEHIND MANY COLLECTIONS OF POEMS. SHE LOVED READING THEM, AS THEY OPENED A WORLD FILLED WITH IMAGINATION, LOVE, REALITY, AND SORROW. TO THIS DAY, SHE DEEPLY REGRETS NEVER HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER GRANDFATHER. OVER THE YEARS, SHE RECOGNIZED HER TALENT FOR POETRY AND WORKED DILIGENTLY TO DEVELOP HER CRAFT. IN 2002, SHE PUBLISHED HER FIRST BOOK, MOTHER (MADAR). HER SECOND BOOK, TANORE ESHQ (THE FURNACE OF LOVE), WAS PUBLISHED IN 2006, FOLLOWED BY HER THIRD BOOK, ATASH SARE MAIHAN (FIRE OVER THE HOMELAND), IN 2013. SHE HOPES TO PUBLISH MORE BOOKS IN THE FUTURE, CONTINUING TO INSPIRE READERS AND INVITE THEM INTO THE CAPTIVATING WORLD OF POETRY.