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21st-century Afghan women singers

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Afghan actress and rapper

Faqeer Muhammad Darvesh

Hangāma (Dari/Pashto: ) is an Afghan singer who has been active since 1975. Besides Afghanistan, she is also known in Tajikistan and Iran. Before her emigration from Afghanistan in the 1980s, she was regarded as one of the most popular female singers of the country.

Mermen Qamar Gul

Afghan-Canadian musician (1952–2022)

activist for the rights of Afghan women and adolescents

Ustad Farida Mahwash (); (born 1947) is an Afghan singer and voice of Afghanistan. She was the first woman (as of 2013) to have been conferred the honorary title of "Ustad" (meaning Master or Maestra in Dari) in 1977. She currently lives in Fremont, California, US; and tours the world with her latest ensemble, "Voices of Afghanistan".

Afghan singer-songwriter