The CD features artists from Asia, Africa and the Middle East who have experienced persecution, censorship or imprisonment for their artistic expression. [34] Memini was given a True Honour award by UK charity Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation along with several other UK campaigners. The young Mercury Prize winning Talvin Singh accompanied her on her first national concert tour. In 2012 Deeyah was awarded the Ossietzky Prize by PEN for outstanding achievements for freedom of expression. She is also known for challenging the growing radicalization and extremism within Muslim communities.
Are you interested in contributing? The human and artistic expression born from fusion is central to her work. I am thankful for the man that you are, and the manner in which you carry the burdens of this world on your shoulders, alone, in order to protect me from discomfort and unease. While her mother worked with women and children as both a teacher and translator, it was her father’s passion for music that first shaped her life. sister-hood is an award-winning digital magazine spotlighting the diverse voices of women of Muslim heritage.
I thank you for your unceasing patience. The film is being used to train British police about honor killings.
Eventually, she stopped performing completely and turned her focus to her first love for producing and composing music instead.
She shares her experiences of being the child of an Afghan mother and Pakistani father raised in Norway, stuck between her family's community and her country. I write this letter to thank you for your generosity, your perpetual kindness and your continual devotion to this marriage. [5], Because music is considered to be a dishonourable profession for women in many Muslim communities Khan faced severe abuse and death threats for several years in Norway. She now produces projects that combine her passion for art and activism as she continues to broaden her creative expression into film-making and digital media initiatives, driven by a commitment to human rights and social activism. I thank you for sharing all that you have with me, all of your fears, and all of your insecurities.
People of all faiths were in and out of the house--artists, intellectuals and passionate political advocates mixed with friends and neighbors in a highly flavoured hospitable stew.
She performed on television and at music festivals and by age 12, she was in the studio recording duets with Norwegian pop artists and participating in collaborations with folk and jazz legends like Jan Garbarek, David Lindley Ustad Nazim Ali Khan.
Her success led to difficult confrontations with more Orthodox Muslims, whose threats eventually made it too dangerous to continue. Khan has continued to work in the music industry as a music producer including creating platforms for musicians and artists who are persecuted or discriminated against for their creative expression.
Her 2017 documentary White Right: Meeting The Enemy was also Bafta-nominated and won an Emmy award for Best International Current Affairs Documentary in 2018— this film saw Deeyah travel to the United States where she shadowed neo-Nazis at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. In 2011 she produced Nordic Woman, the first release in Fuuse Mousiqi’s WOMAN album series.
In 2012 Deeyah was awarded the Ossietzky Prize by PEN for outstanding achievements for freedom of expression. sister-hood is a digital magazine and a series of live events founded by Deeyah Khan spotlighting the voices of women of Muslim heritage. Born in Norway to immigrant parents of Pashtun and Punjabi ancestry, she was steeped in the rich culture and arts of her parents’ homelands. 14.2k Followers, 2,709 Following, 112 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Deeyah Khan - (@deeyahkhan) WOMAN celebrates women’s voices within traditional music from around the world, while drawing attention to women’s rights issues in the region. [4], At the age of eight, Deeyah made her first performance on national television appearing on the primetime show Halv Sju, then performed at festivals. A one of a kind international digital resource centre, HBVA is a learning, information and training tool created for front-line professionals, from teachers, health workers, social services to police, politicians, and others who may encounter individuals at risk.
[18], Deeyah is founder and CEO of Fuuse which is a multi platform independent media company based in Oslo and London. Deeyah has written opinion pieces for publications including The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Mirror, The Times, ITV and VG. Deeyah Khan, a critically acclaimed music producer, composer, Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director and human rights activist, is known for her outspoken support of women’s rights, freedom of expression and peace. As part of Fuuse's HERITAGE series, the Echoes Of Indus CD by maestro Ashraf Sharif Khan Poonchwala was released in 2013. I thank you for the light that you shine through the darkest of my days. Khan's father was a music enthusiast and in 1984 placed his seven-year-old daughter under the supervision of Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan.