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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.

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Active from
1962

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Listeners
181
Total plays
1,037

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Afghanistan
Place of birth
Kabul
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Persian
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1960-01-01
start of work period
1975-00-00
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  • Concerts
  • Note
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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.

==Life and career== Originally born as Zuhra, her mother chose the name of Hangāma for her when she became a singer. Raised in a music-loving family, she started her music career in 1975 at only 15 years old. She was a music student of the acclaimed Ustad Nainawaz.

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