Afsaneh Habibzadeh ‎Vahidyar

Afsaneh Habibzadeh ‎Vahidyar holds an M.A. in Persian Language and Literature from Herat University, Afghanistan. She is a poet, writer, and Ph.D. candidate whose doctoral research focuses on the analysis of conceptual metaphors surrounding women in the works of three prominent Afghan women poets. For five years, she served as a faculty member at Kahkishān-i Sharq University in Afghanistan, where she taught courses in Persian literature and literary criticism.

Vahidyar is the author of three books on poetry and literary criticism and has published eight articles in peer-reviewed international journals. She has presented her research as an invited speaker at several international conferences and has played an active role in two collaborative social science research projects, both of which were published as books in Afghanistan.

Her article “Tahlīl-i istiꜥārahʹhā-yi mafhumī-i ʿilm dar Masnavī-i Maʿnavī bar mabnā-yi nazariyah-ʾi istiꜥārah-ʾi mafhūmī-i Līkāff va Jānsūn” (Conceptual metaphors of science in Masnavī-i Maʿnavī based on the theories of Lakoff and Johnson) was awarded first prize in 2024 by the Mawlānā Foundation (Anjuman-i Farhangī Khānah-ʾi Mawlānā) and the Firdawsī Academy (Khiradʹsarā-yi Firdawsī). Earlier, in 2020, she received second place in the literary criticism category at the Mavara Festival (Jashnvārah-ʾi Adabī Māvarā) in Isfahan, Iran.

Alongside her scholarly work, Vahidyar is an accomplished poet, writing in both classical and modern forms. Her poetry gives voice to women’s emotions and sheds light on the struggles faced by women in patriarchal and traditional societies. Through both her academic and creative pursuits, she seeks to foreground women’s experiences and challenge restrictive cultural narratives.

Contributions

Women and Conceptual Metaphors in the Poetry of Humayrā Nakhat Dastgīrʹzādah

1. Introduction Half of human society is composed of women; however, the patriarchal structure of the world has historically provided…