Zaitun Bano
Zaitoon Bano (sha takwas 18 gs watan Yuni shekara 1938 zuwa sha hudu ga watan  14 Satumba shekara 2021), wanda kuma ya rubuta Zaitun Banu, mawaƙiyar Pakistan ce, marubuciyar labari, marubuci, mai watsa labarai, kuma mai ba da shawara kan yancin mata a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Da farko ta rubuta cikin harsunan Pashto da Urdu.Wani lokaci, ana kiranta da Khatun-e-Awal (matar shugaban kasa) ko kuma "matar farko ta Pashto fiction", lambar girmamawa da aka ba ta don girmamawa ga gudummawar da ta bayar ga 'yancin mata na ￼￼Pashtuns.Ta rubuta littattafai sama da ashirin da huɗu, gami da ɗan gajeren labarinta na farko mai suna Hindara (Mirror) wanda ya fito ɗaya daga cikin fitattun rubuce-rubucen harshen Pashto.   

An haife ta ga Pir Syed Sultan Mahmood Shah a kauyen Sufaid Dheri na Peshawar, Pakistan. Ta auri Taj Saeed kuma jikanyar Pir Syed Abdul Qudus Tundar, mawakin Pashto.  Wani lokaci ana kiranta a matsayin marubucin Pashto na farko da ta yi magana game da al'amuran zamantakewar matan Pashtun ta hanyar rubuce-rubucenta.

Ilimi da asali 
Zaitoon ta yi karatun firamare da kammala karatunta daga makarantar birni, sannan ta sami digiri na biyu  daga Jami'ar Islamia College  da ke Pashto da Urdu a matsayin daliba mai zaman kanta. Bayan ta kammala karatun ta, ta koyar a cibiyoyin ilimi daban-daban, sannan ta shiga gidan radiyon Pakistan inda ta yi aiki a matsayin furodusa.  Kafin yin muhawara a rubuce-rubuce, an danganta ta da Rediyo Pakistan  da Pakistan Television Corporation, tashar Talabijin mallakar gwamnati.

Aikin adabi 
Bano ta fara aikinta ne a shekarar 1958 a lokacin da take karatu a aji tara da gajeriyar labarinta na farko mai suna Hindara (Mirror). Tsakanin 1958 zuwa shekara 2008, ta rubuta littattafan almara da gajerun labarai cikin harsunan Urdu da Pashto. Littattafanta sun haɗa da Maat Bangree, Khoboona shekara (1958), Juandi Ghamoona shekara (1958), Berge Arzoo (1980), da Waqt Kee Dehleez Par (1980). Daga cikin wasu wallafe-wallafen ta buga gajerun labarai masu suna Da Shagu Mazal (Tafiya ta Aands) wacce aka rubuta tsakaninshekarar 1958 zuwa shekara 2017. Ta rubuta tarin waƙoƙi guda ɗaya kawai a cikin Pashto mai suna Manjeela (kushin kai) wanda aka buga a cikin shekara 2006. Bayan rubuce-rubucen, ana kuma yaba mata da bayar da gudummawa ga yawancin wasannin rediyo da talabijin.

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