Amu: Aryana Sayeed, the Afghan pop star and women’s rights advocate, received two honors at the Daf Bama Music Awards, held Saturday in the German city of Oberhausen. Sayeed was awarded the festival’s Humanitarian Award and was named Best Afghan Artist. The annual international event, which celebrates multicultural music and artists with global impact, brought
Spiegel: Aryana Sayeed, 33, is the only internationally known pop act in Afghanistan. She is adored by youth — and hunted by the Taliban. / Sayeed: “The extremists play with the sexual frustration of young men. On the streets of Afghanistan, 99 percent of the passersby are men. When a woman in burka walks down the
Tolo News: Afghan singer and musician Aryana Sayeed was on Saturday night honored with an Atlantic Council 2018 Freedom Award at a gala event in Berlin. Aryana, who defied a Taliban fatwa and performed for more than 3,000 people in Kabul last August, dedicated her award to two recent victims of gender violence in Afghanistan and
Tolo News: The Afghanistan National Institute Of Music (ANIM) on Sunday honored well known singer, Aryana Sayeed, with an award for bravery. Aryana has held public music concerts on a number of occasions in Afghanistan, including her show to mark Afghanistan’s Independence Day in August. This comes amid strong opposition of such events by some
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 19, 2017 Security forces are on high alert across Afghanistan, as the country marks the 98th anniversary of its independence from Britain. The celebrations this year are occurring following a number of high-profile attacks in the country and as the U.S. administration is trying to forge a new strategy in
AOPNEWS | December 22, 2015 Two years ago, Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed made a promise to three young Afghan singers who were part of her team on the Voice of Afghanistan TV show in Afghanistan. She promised to help them with their singing careers and do what she can to make them stars. She