Naghma pashto singer biography examples
Naghma pashto singer biography examples
Biography of Naghma - Afghanistan Online.
Naghma (singer)
Afghan singer
This article is about the Afghan singer. For the Indian actress, see Nagma.
Musical artist
Naghma (Dari: نغمه ښاپېرۍ; Pashto: نغمه ښاپېرۍ, born 1 January 1964) is an Afghan singer who started her career in the early 1980s.
Similar to that of Sonny & Cher, she sang alongside Mangal during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Pashto songs
Naghma's songs are mostly in Dari and Pashto, the two major languages of Afghanistan.[2]
Early years
Naghma stated in a recent interview on Mashriq TV that she was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan.[1] Her exact birthplace and date of birth are not reported.
She was the eldest daughter in a family of five boys and three girls,[citation needed] and was given the nickname Shahpari or Shahpary (نغمه ښاپېرۍ). Her father was Sayed Suleiman Shah, a Farsiwan from Deh Sabz District of Kabul Province.[3] Her mother Bibi Mashala was a Pashtun from Kandahar.
Both of Afghanistan's major languages wer