Durnyam Mashurova
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Durnyam Murdinovna Mashurova (born 8 March 1943) is an Uighur writer and poet in Kazakhstan. She wrote lyrics to songs performed by Dervishi, a Uighur music band in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Durnyam Mashurova is best known for her controversial memoirs describing the life of her husband Azat Mashurov which were published in Uighur in 2005. These memoirs are being translated into Russian.