Meena Keshwar Kamal
- January 6, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
Full Name | Meena Keshwar Kamal |
Occupation | Writer |
Date Of Birth | Feb 27, 1956(1956-02-27) |
Age | 68 |
Date Of Death | 1987-02-04 |
Country | Afghanistan |
Birth City | Kabul |
Horoscope | Aquarius |
Meena Keshwar Kamal Biography
Name | Meena Keshwar Kamal |
Birthday | Feb 27 |
Birth Year | 1956 |
Home Town | Kabul |
Birth Country | Afghanistan |
Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Meena Keshwar Kamal is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 27, 1956 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Meena Keshwar kamal (Pashto/Persian pronunciation: myn khshwr khml — February 27, 1956 – February 4, 1987), also known as Meena was an Afghan revolutionary politician, feminist and women’s rights activist. She was the founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, which was assassinated on February 4, 1987.
Kamal was assassinated at Quetta, Pakistan, on February 4, 1987. Although reports vary on who the assassins might have been, it is believed they were agents of the Afghan Intelligence Service KHAD or the Afghan secret police. Two men who were convicted of Kamal’s murder and associated with KHAD were hanged by Pakistani authorities in May 2002.
Kamal was married with Faiz Ahmad (Afghan Liberation Organization leader), who was assassinated by Gulbuddin Hukmatyar agents on November 12, 1986. Their three children are still missing.
Meena Keshwar Kamal Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Writer |
House | Living in own house. |
Meena Keshwar Kamal is one of the richest Writer from Afghanistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Meena Keshwar Kamal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan in 1977 while she was a student at Kabul University. This organization was created to promote equality and education for women. It continues to “give voice and support the deprived and silenced women of Afghanistan.” Kamal believed that Afghanistan’s women were not experiencing significant changes despite the Saur Revolution and the importance of women’s rights being on the Democratic Republic’s agenda. She organized school meetings to protest the government in
- In 1981, she started Payam-e-Zan, a bilingual feminist magazine. Watan Schools, which offer both practical and hospitalization to refugee children, was also established by her.
Meena, on invitation from the French Government, represented the Afghan resistance movement in the French Socialist Party Congress at the end 1981. Boris Ponamaryev led the Soviet delegation to the Congress. Participants cheered Meena’s victory sign. In opposition to the Afghan Marxist government, she would eventually move to Quetta, Pakistan and establish her RAWA organization there.
In a special issue of Time magazine on November 13, 2006, included Meena among “60 Asian Heroes” and wrote that “Although she was only 30 when she died, Meena had already planted the seeds of an Afghan women’s rights movement based on the power of knowledge.”
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Meena Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Afghanistan. Meena Keshwar Kamal celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.
What did Meena Keshwar Kamal do?
Meena Keshwar Kamal (Pashto/Persian: مینا کشور کمال; February 27, 1956 – February 4, 1987), commonly known as Meena, was an Afghan revolutionary political activist, feminist, women’s rights activist and founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) , who was assassinated in 1987.
Why was Meena Keshwar Kamal assassinated?
It was founded in 1977 by Meena Keshwar Kamal, an Afghan student activist who was assassinated in February 1987 for her political activities.
Where was Meena Keshwar Kamal born?
Kabul, Afghanistan