Qurbonova was born in Khavaling, Kulob District, and raised in an orphanage.
In 1963, she graduated from Tajikistan State University, and in 1965 from the correspondence division of the Moscow Institute of Polygraphy.
In the intervening years she worked at Irfon Publishers; in 1965 she took a job with the journal Pioniri Tojikiston, remaining there until 1967.
[1] She has remained an active part of Tajikistan's literary life since the country gained its independence in 1991, appearing at literary festivals[2] and editing the work of younger writers.
[3] She has 3 daughters (Nodira, Nazira and Madina) and 7 grandchildren (Maruf, Komron, Kamilla, Nokhid, Shohina, Siyovush, Mukhammad).