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Zarifa Ghafari

mayor of Maidan Shar, Afghanistan, since March 2019
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Zarifa Ghafari
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15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[10]
Date of birth
1992, 1994[6]
Place of birth
Kabul
Country of citizenship
Afghanistan[7]
Occupation
activist, politician, mayor
Position held
mayor (2019–2021)
Educated at
University of the Punjab (2009–2015)
Award received
BBC 100 Women (2019), International Women of Courage Award (2020)[8][9]
Official website
zarifaghafari.com, zarifa-ghafari.com[12][13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Pashto, Dari, Urdu, English[14][15][16][17]
Family name
Ghafari[11]
Name in native language
ظریفه غفاری‎[18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon[19]
Social media followers
95k (26k–95k, n=5)[20][21][22][23][24]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 11
ISNI
0000000509480714
VIAF cluster ID
8166234211496042358
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2022125861
GND ID
1267031905
Facebook username
Zarifa.Ghafari
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11j0qyds5w
Instagram username
zarifa.ghafari
OpenSanctions ID
Zarifa Ghafari
Threads username
zarifa.ghafari
X (Twitter) username
Zarifa_Ghafari (2014–present)
Yale LUX ID
person/6a15face-47e0-4cae-ac67-5ad8f64bbf37

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Languages spoken, written or signed 4
English, Urdu, Pashto, Dari
Award received 2
International Women of Courage Award, BBC 100 Women
Occupation 2
politician, activist
Country of citizenship 1
Afghanistan
Educated at 1
University of the Punjab
Instance of 1
human
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon
OpenSanctions ID 1
Zarifa Ghafari
Place of birth 1
Kabul
Position held 1
mayor
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Zarifa Ghafari was born in 1992[1] in Kabul[2]. She has worked as an activist[3], politician[4], and mayor[5].

FAQs

Where was Zarifa Ghafari born?

Zarifa Ghafari's place of birth was Kabul[2].

What did Zarifa Ghafari do for work?

Zarifa Ghafari worked as an activist[3], politician[4], and mayor[5].

What awards did Zarifa Ghafari receive?

Honors received include BBC 100 Women[8] and International Women of Courage Award[9].

Related Entities

Afghanistan Zarifa Ghafari

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Who is who in Afghanistan. afghan-bios.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . The New York Times. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 2017-2021.state.gov. Retrieved . 2017-2021.state.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Who is who in Afghanistan. afghan-bios.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Who is who in Afghanistan. afghan-bios.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Who is who in Afghanistan. afghan-bios.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Who is who in Afghanistan. afghan-bios.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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