Shaista Wahab

Shaista Wahab is an Afghan writer. She has written Dari language books. Her book A Brief History of Afghanistan was published in 2007.{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Afghanistan|url=https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Afghanistan-Shaista-Wahab/dp/0816082197|website=Amazon.com|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=March 17, 2015}} Wahab was a librarian and professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she coordinated the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection in the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library Archives & Special Collections.{{cite web|title=Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection|url=http://libguides.unomaha.edu/c.php?g=100243|website=Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection, Archives & Special Collections|publisher=Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library|accessdate=March 17, 2015}} An oral history specialist, she served as a consultant to the Afghanistan Unveiled (2002–2003) film project by Independent Lens, which was later picked up by PBS.{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan Unveiled, The Training |url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/afghanistanunveiled/aina.html |access-date=2018-03-09 |website=Independent Lens, PBS}}{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Terry |date=August 4, 2022 |title=Undercover journalist in Afghanistan finds Taliban are abducting, imprisoning women |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/04/1115557473/undercover-afghanistan-taliban-women-ramita-navai |website=Fresh Air, NPR}}