KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (REUTERS) - Each time Aryana Sayeed, one of Afghanistan's most famous singers, returns to the country of her birth, she braves threats and endures scrutiny right down to her choice of clothes.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Each time Aryana Sayeed, one of Afghanistan's most famous singers, returns to the country of her birth, she braves threats and endures scrutiny right down to her choice of clothes.
In 2017, Aryana enraged conservative Afghans when she was photographed wearing a self-coloured dress at a Paris concert. Clerics threatened that she would be killed if she returned to perform a scheduled concert in Kabul."People love to hear her voice. But they don't love her,"said filmmaker Sadam Wahidi, who is working on a documentary about Aryana, who is often compared to Hollywood reality star Kim Kardashian.
"I'm basically a prisoner in my own room," she said."All I do is go to my room and back to the set and record the show."It is a stark contrast to life under the hardline Islamists, when women were banned even from appearing in public without a male relative or with faces uncovered. Playing musical instruments was also forbidden.
Aryana's latest return to Afghanistan came as the United States discusses peace with the Taleban to end the 17-year war. The prospect of re-integration of the Taleban is chilling to the singer. At her Afghan Star performance, Aryana wore a tight-fitting white jumpsuit and cape, with no headscarf.
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