Afghan Biographies

Yasna, Yaqub


Name Yasna, Yaqub
Ethnic backgr. Tajik
Date of birth
Function/Grade Professor
History and Biodata

2. Previous Funktion:
Professor at the Albironi University in Kapisa province (20220204)
3. Biodata:
Yaqub Yasna, is an author and university lecturer. He has been threatened many times. so the final life threat entailed to the social media campaign to support. Mohammad Yaqub Yasna is an Afghan mythologist, Shahnameh scholar, literary critic, theorist and novelist. He has been teaching at Al-Biruni University in Kapisa Province for nearly two decades and has also published significant works in the fields of literary and philosophical research, poetry and fiction. Yasna is an activist in the field of literature and culture of Afghanistan and has won numerous awards and prizes for her work in Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan. He is currently pursuing his P.h.D at the Yazd University of Iran.(20200702)

Yasna claims that his fellow professors have accused him of ex-communication and blasphemy. He said that his colleagues are lecturers in the faculties of religious studies, agriculture, and education. Yasna on his Facebook post said that he had criticized ethnic politics in Afghanistan but a professor in the faculty of religious studies and other professors accused him of being irreligious.(20220204)

He speaks Dari and English

Last Modified 2022-02-05
Established 2022-02-05