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Also known as Farida Gulali Ayubi, Ustad Mahwash, Ustad Farida Mahwash

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".

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Afghanistan
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1947

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Mahwash (born Farida Mahwash, Persian: فریده مهوش) commonly referred to as Ustad Mahwash (Persian: استاد مهوش) is a popular Afghan singer. She is the first and the only woman (as of 2006) to have been conferred the honorary title of “Ustad” (meaning Master or Maestra in Persian). She currently lives in exile in California, USA; however, she occasionally does tour other countries for performances. Farida Mahwash was born to a conservative family in Afghanistan. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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  • Early music career
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  • Voices of Afghanistan
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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".

==Biography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahwash” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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