Professor Salma Shaheen | |
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| Native name | سلمہ شاہین |
| Born | 16 April 1954[1] Mardan, Pakistan |
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| Language | Pashto, Urdu |
| Education | Doctorate |
| Alma mater | Women University Mardan |
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| Years active | 1900s–present |
| Notable awards | Tamgha-e-Imtiaz |
Salma Shaheen (born 16 April 1954) is a Pakistani poet, fiction writer, and researcher. She is recognized as the first woman novelist in the Pashto language and served as the first female director of the Pashto Academy at the University of Peshawar.[2][3] Shaheen began her literary career primarily writing poems in Urdu and Pashto. She has written on Pashto language, literature, and culture, particularly focusing on women writers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[4][5]