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Birth name
  
Shaperei (Fairy)

Genres
  
Folklore, Pop music

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Shaperei (Fairy)

Years active
  
1980–present


Naghma smiling with her right hand touching her hair and left arm resting on her knee while sitting, she has a makeup, a black hair, a gold bracelet, a necklace, and a ring, with a black curtain in the background with a bag on her right and a Harmonium instrument on her left, she's wearing a blue salwar kurta

Labels
  
Afghan Vision Records, Ariana Records

Albums
  
Mohabbat, Baraan, Lagawi Ore Halaka, Bab Sahara

Spouse
  
Mangal (m. ?–2006), Sher Agha

Movies
  
Diya Aur Toofan, Asoo Billa, Mehndi Waley Hath

Similar People
  
Nazia Iqbal, Gul Panra, Shama Ashna, Ghazala Javed, Mangal



Born
  
23 April 1954 (age 67), Kandahar, Afghanistan

Profiles

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Naghma (Pashto: نغمه, born 1 January 1964) is a prominent Afghan singer who started her career in the early 1980s. She and her ex-husband, Mangal, were a popular musical duo who dominated the Afghan music scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. Naghma sings in Pashto and Dari (Persian). Her music is popular in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and among Pashtuns in Pakistan. She is one of the most popular female artists in Afghanistan and continues to be the voice and face of Pashtun traditional music.

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Naghma - Wa Grana - New Mast Afghan Song 2013!


Early years

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Naghma was born as Shaperai (Pashto: ښاپېرۍ meaning Head Fairy) on 1 January 1964 in Afghanistan. The city of her birth cannot be verified. She was the eldest daughter in a family of five boys and three girls. Her father's name was Syed Suleiman Shah and her mother is Bibi Mashala. Her father died when Naghma was five years old. As a young girl, she developed an interest in music. At sixteen she moved to Kabul with her paternal uncle. She continued her secondary education at Rabia Balkhi Lece where she was performing in the girl's band as a vocalist. A year before finishing her high school she married Mangal, an already popular Pashto singer from Laghman Province, and consequently left school to advance her musical career. They were instant celebrities, recording hits that are famous to this day.

Naghma fiercefully looking at someone, she has a black tied hair with a berry pink veil,  and wearing a floral dress, featured in the SMC channel

Her early songs were based on southern Afghan music, most of which were folkloric in nature. Coming from a traditional family, she met with much resistance from relatives who saw singing as taboo for Afghan woman. Naghma has often stated in interviews that till today her mother is still not happy with her career choice. However, Naghma was not discouraged by this. In Mangal she found a supporting husband and as duo the pressure from society was much more bearable as opposed to being solo.

Naghma smiled while singing and holding a microphone, she has a light makeup, black hair, a gold & orange bracelet, necklace, earrings, and rings, with a tree in the background and she was wearing a black and yellow salwar kurta

With impending civil war, the couple left Afghanistan for India in 1992. Eventually they settled in Islamabad, Pakistan. There, they became very successful with an enthusiastic crowd of Afghan exiles who were nostalgic for their native music. Their financial situation by this time had improved significantly. In 2000, they left Pakistan and immigrated to the United States.

Personal life

Naghma smiling looking at the ground, she has a makeup, black hair, a piercing on her nose, wearing a choker, silver round earrings and a colored blouse

After establishing contact with the Afghan community of Northern California, the duo held a series of performances. In 2006, after years of ups and downs in their marriage, the couple divorced. Though no specific reasons have been shared by the couple, some believe Mangal's alleged alcohol abuse was the reason for why the marriage dissolved. The couples have held a dignified silence about their divorce and never mention anything relating to it in public. Their divorce has also cast a doubt as to whether this former pair can reconcile at least on a professional level. While Mangal performs solo in private events and television programs, Naghma is continuing her career as a professional artist.

Naghma smiling, she has a light makeup, a black curly hair, and a blue necklace inside a building with people in the background facing their computers, wearing a blue salwar kurta

Naghma remarried after her divorce and maintain to be very protective of her current husband. She recently revealed he is from Logar Province.

Naghma smiling with both hands lifting her hair upward, she has a makeup, black hair, a piercing on her nose, a gold necklace, bracelets, gold dangling earrings, and a ring wearing a black and gold salwar kurta

Naghma's daughter married Afghan singer Safiq Mureed in a private ceremony in 2014. Naghma's main home and her children are in California but she has also made a place for herself in Kabul and Islamabad.

Naghma smiling in a side pose, with her left hand touching her forehead, has a curly black hair, she has a gold ring and bracelet, and wearing a pink 3/4-length sleeve top

In March 2014 she became the first Afghan ever to receive the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Pride of Excellence), the highest Pakistani Presidential Award handed to artists, sportsmen, and writers. It was a proud moment for Naghma who has always been a strong voice for the Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Naghma encourages Afghan refugees to try and go back to Afghanistan through her aid work and music to rebuild the country again.

Discography

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She has recorded over a 500 songs in a period of 32 years in Afghanistan, Pakistan and also in the United States. This list is incomplete

Naghma with a strict face looking at something with her hair down, a nose piercing, a silver necklace, and danglings earrings wearing a green salwar kurta

Album: Bachi Hamsaya

  • Bachi Hamsaya
  • Aros
  • O Bacha
  • Maida Maida
  • Nazi Jan
  • Ba Yin Sazi Mahali
  • Ghataghani
  • Shekesta Chelamey
  • Imroz
  • Tu Ra Meparastam
  • O Dilbar Janim
  • O Bacha
  • Jama Narinje
  • Album: Best Of Naghma

  • Charsi Halika Stargi
  • Janana ke Pashton
  • Halka Daroghjan Mee
  • Raghlay Yama Damor
  • Za Ba Gidi Rawdim
  • Chita Che Zi Mat
  • Raza Da Zandgi Sra
  • Yara Rana Wrak Nashi
  • Janana Rasha Da Shamali
  • Hagha Sra Oshan
  • Allah Wi Zamazda
  • Album: Kabul Nazaneen

  • Salam Afghanistan
  • Delbar Jan
  • Ghataghani
  • Yaram Nest
  • Darbigeri
  • O Dilbar Janam
  • Nazi Jan
  • O Bachi Afghan
  • Maida Maida Baran
  • Em Roz Che Roz Ast
  • Album: O Khoda Jan

  • Az America Wa Alman
  • O Khuda Jan
  • Sharshara Baran
  • Shab Amadam
  • Bebe Roko Jan
  • Kashki Ma
  • Man Dokhtari Sherazam
  • Mara Az Ashiqi Bas
  • Mohabat
  • Pesta Forosh
  • Popular Singles:

  • Mazdigar De Ka Nade
  • O Bacha Jane Bacha
  • Lalaya Hawa Baza
  • Kandahar Halika
  • Adam Khana Charsi
  • Mohabbat
  • Mohabbat (Slow Version)
  • Lalo Lalo
  • Mala Chal Ne Razi
  • Akh Janan Me Laro
  • Zma Afghanistana
  • Loya Khudaya
  • Orbal Chapa Kra Bya Rasta
  • Akhshe na ni na (Attan De Gada Da)
  • Mubarak Di Sha Akhtar
  • Lalai de
  • Dilbar Zalim Zalim
  • Wa Grana
  • Nor e Newranawo
  • Ay Da Watan Da Abay Roka Zoya
  • Afghani Mashoma
  • Contributing artist
  • The Rough Guide To The Music Of Afghanistan, 2010
  • References

    Naghma Wikipedia


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