Jalal Nazari

Class of 2022

Jalal Nazari, born in a remote area of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, has a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Balkh University. He is a translator/interpreter and also works for the Kabul bureau of the Wall Street Journal as a reporter. He has been writing Persian poetry for seven years and has won prizes at literary festivals in Tehran and Kabul. He participated in the 2020 Sydney Festival as a poet and visual artist/calligrapher.