KABUL (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday ordered the creation of a new official medal to be named after Mir Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441 –1501), a Central Asian poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter.
“It is our duty to benefit from the books and articles of our former academic and culturist figures and to pay respects to them,” the president told an international symposium held to remember the services of Nava’i on the occasion of his 575th birthday anniversary.
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