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A 17-year-old girl who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of other Afghan girls.
Zheela entered the Afghan music industry at that age of 14. With the support of her brother-in-law Ustad Jalil Zaland and the encouragement of Afghan singer Parveen, who had noticed the teen perform in family events, Zheela started her career under the mentorship of Ustad Khyal who trained the singer for five years in various musical instruments.
17-year-old Nila Ibrahimi has won the International Children’s Peace Prize for her work in advocating for Afghan girls ‘If we suffer, the world suffers’: Singing teenager who gave Afghan ...
Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar , appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic .
Afghan Star was a reality television show competition that searched for the most talented singers across Afghanistan.The program was broadcast on the TOLO channel. Afghan Star premiered in 2005, four years after the fall of the Taliban, which had outlawed singing in 1996, and ended after fifteen seasons in 2021 after the Taliban regained power and banned music.
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Alexandra Burke in October 2011 British singer Alexandra Burke has recorded songs for two studio albums. She has collaborated with other artists for duets and featured songs on her albums. Burke has also contributed vocals for charity singles. After she won the fifth series of The X Factor in December 2008, Burke signed a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music. Her first single ...
National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian ...