Spôjmaï Zariâb

Spôjmaï Raouf Zariâb (Dari: سپوژمی زریاب; born 1949,[1] some sources say 1952[2]) is an Afghan-born short story writer.

[2] During the Russian occupation of her country, she worked as a translator at the French embassy.

In 1991, she left Afghanistan for exile at Montpellier in France.

[4] Her works appeared in newspapers and magazines in Afghanistan before the Afghan civil war[2] and in Iran.

[4] Zariâb was one of the first modern Afghan writers to have her works translated into French.