Hangama

هنگامه Hangama
Hangama Afghan pop singer and songwriter
Background information
Birth name	Zuhra (زهره)
Born	1960 (age 60–61) Kabul, Afghanistan
Genres	Pop Classical Music Ghazals
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1975–present
Labels	Musician-Ahmad Wali’s spouse

Hangama (Dari/Pashto: هنگامه) is a singer from Afghanistan. When she became a singer her mother chose the name Hangama for her and her real name is Zuhra. She currently (when?) lives in Toronto, Canada where she continues her music career. Before her emigration from Afghanistan in the early 1980s, she was counted as one of the most popular female singers of the country. Besides Afghanistan, she is also known in Tajikistan and Iran.^[1]

She started her music career in 1975 when she was only 15 years old. She was raised in a music loving family. She was a music student of Ustad NaiNawaz in Kabul. In 1980s she emerged with Ahmad Wali as a very popular musical duo who became the unrivaled singer-couple in the mid 1980s. Their first few songs recorded in Afghanistan and the accompanying videos became immensely popular and those songs remain classics of the Afghan music archives. After leaving Afghanistan, in 1985, in Germany, Hangama and Ahmad Wali got married. She gave birth to their son named Massieh in 1986. She won the ATN Award as a Best Female singer on November 29, 2008 and she was also nominated for best female singer on Noor TV awards in April 2008 but Naghma won the award.

Concerts[]

After leaving Germany, she has been having lots of concerts alone and with singers like Najim Nawabi, Nasrat Parsa, Leila Forouhar, Naim Popal, Freshta Samah, Haider Salim, Walid Soroor and Waheed Soroor.

In 2005, Hangama returned to Afghanistan for a round of concerts in [Mazar sharif] and Kabul. Reportedly she was applauded for her contribution to the music of Afghanistan over the years. Since then she has been having concerts and TV shows at least once a year in different TV stations in Kabul.

References[]

External links[]

• Hangama's Official Website: http://hangama.info
• Hangama Videos