Parween Pazhwak (born in 1967 in Kabul) is an Afghan artist from Afghanistan and a modern poet and writer of the Persian language.
[2] Pazhwak went to the French-taught Malalai school and completed studying medicine in the Avicenna Medical Institute.
Following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, she spent two years in Pakistan as a transit refugee before moving to Canada as an asylum seeker.
Her works of literature include modern Persian poetry, short stories, and paintings for children.
Two of her most famous published books are Darya dar Shabnam (Oceans in Dew) and Negin-ha wa Setara-ha (Gems and Stars).