Fatana Najib
| Fatana Najib | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Afghanistan | |
 Najib in 2016 | |
| First Lady of Afghanistan | |
| In role | 20 September 1987-16 April 1992 |
| President | Mohammad Najibullah |
| Born | 9 August 1953 |
| Spouse | Mohammad Najibullah |
| Children | 3 |
| House | Barakzai |
| Occupation | Linguist |
Fatana Najib (born 9 August 1953) is an Afghan linguist and former First Lady of Afghanistan. She served as First Lady from 30 September 1987 until 16 April 1992. She was the wife of PDPA general secretary and Afghan president Mohammad Najibullah, who was murdered in 1996 by the Taliban.[1] During her period as First Lady, Najib provided support to families of servicemembers of the Afghan Armed Forces, visiting the families of wounded soldiers.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Najib is from the royal line of King Amanullah.[3]
Najib met the future Afghan leader, Mohammad Najibullah when she was an eighth-grade student and he was her science tutor. They married on September 1, 1974, and had three daughters, Heela (born 1977), Moska (born 1984) Onai (born 1978).[4] Najib later became principal of the Peace School in Kabul.[4]
Najib and her three daughters fled Afghanistan in 1992 to live in exile in Delhi, India.[3] She has resided in India ever since,[5] while Heela and Moska have studied and worked abroad. Heela has worked and lived in Thailand and currently lives in Switzerland where she graduated from Franklin College and now studies for a Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Zurich.[6] Moska was also educated in Switzerland and lives and works in Singapore.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Sidiqee, Mohammaed Naser (7 June 2018). "Afghanistan's First Lady: Emancipator or Conventionalist?". The Globe Post. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Bashir, Malali. "The Real First Ladies of Afghanistan". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ a b Maley, William (2002), Maley, William (ed.), "The Interregnum of Najibullah, 1989–1992", The Afghanistan Wars, London: Macmillan Education UK, pp. 168–193, doi:10.1007/978-1-4039-1840-6_9, ISBN 978-1-4039-1840-6, retrieved 27 December 2022
- ^ a b Earleen, Fisher (13 July 1991). "Najibullah Retains Control With Power and Pragmatism". AP News. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Taliban Violence: Murder, Mutilation and Terror". South Mountain Peace Action. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Heela NAJIBULLAH | PhD in Religious Studies | University of Zurich, Zürich | UZH | Religionswissenschaftliches Seminar". ResearchGate. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Centre, Sussex Asia. "Ms Moska Najib : Associated Academics : ... : Sussex Asia Centre : University of Sussex". www.sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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