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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.
Farida Gulali Ayubi was born into a conservative Afghan family. Her mother was a Quran teacher, who recited with a beautiful voice, an early inspiration to the young girl. Religion loomed large in the family, and for many years, her interest in music was suppressed. Upon completing her studies, Farida was recruited to sing for Kabul Radio. The ...
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.
Her debut album, Act One, containing the previously mentioned songs and others, was released in 2009. [6] On International Women's Day 2010, Mozhdah was asked to be the first Afghan to perform at the White House for the President, Barack Obama and First Lady Mrs. Obama, singing "Dokhtare Afghan", a song describing the bravery of Afghan women.
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 ...
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Seeta composed, wrote and sang the songs "Bia Tu" and "Dilbare Mehrabanam". After this, Qasemi released her single "Ba Taswiram". Following this, Qasemie had established herself as an Afghan singer. Seeta's first commercial success came with the song "Dukhtare Kuchi", which was based on a love story between an Afghan nomad girl and boy.