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Aiyoubi

See Aiyoubov, Safarmuhammad.
Aiyoubov, Safarmuhammad
Tajik poet Safarmuhammad Aiyoubov, also referred to as Aiyoubi,
was born in Kulab on December 20, 1945.
Aiyoubov graduated from the Kulab Pedagogical Institute in 1976,
the same year he joined the staff of Kulab's Rohi Lenini as a reporter.
Aiyoubov's early poems were published in local newspapers in the
1970s. His contributions include the collection Guli Gandum (Wheat
Flower, 1981), Rohi Safar (The Path for the Journey, 1983), and
Shokhai Barq (The Flash of Lightening, 1986). A volume of his selected
poems appeared in Dushanbe in 2000. In 2002, he published a series of
plays entitled Javlongohi Oftob (The Arena of the Sun).
Aiyoubov's poetry deals with such lighter aspects of life as patri-
otism and love. Desire for a better society for workers permeates his
compositions. Poems like "Shi'ri Safidi Danghara" ("The Blank Verse
of Danghara"), "Dehqon" ("Farmer"), and "Farzandi Korgar"
("Worker's Child") are examples of his thematic approach to the com-
position of his verses. V. I. Lenin plays a major role in the verses of
Aiyoubov. "Lenin" ("Lenin"), "Ziorati Dohi" ("Visiting the Sage"),
"Mujassamai Dohi" ("The Statue of the Sage"), and "Tabibi Lenin"
("Lenin's Physician") are examples of the leader's impact on Aiyoubov's
creations. In his collections entitled Gandumi Siroji (Light Wheat, 1983)
and Khoki Tashna (Thirsty Earth, 1986) Aiyoubov depicts the workers
who participated in the Revolution.
Aiyoubi has traveled to Iran and Germany.
Aiyoubov, Salimjon
Tajik journalist and author Salimjon Aiyoubov, also referred to by
his penname Salimi Aioubzod, was born on August 18, 1960, in the
village of Haddi-shahr in the region of Maschoh. He received his early
education at home from his father who was a teacher. Later, he attended
the Dushanbe School Number 3.
Aiyoubov received his higher education between 1977 and 1982 in
Perso-Tajik language and literature, in Dushanbe, where he attended the
Tajikistan State University. His places of employment and the duties

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