Mojgan Azimi

Afghan singer

Mojgan Azimi (Persian: مژگان عظیمی, born (1985-08-21)August 21, 1985) is an Afghan singer and painter.

Mojgan Azimi
Born
Samiye Azimi

(1985-08-21) August 21, 1985 (age 39)
NationalityAfghan
Occupation(s)Singer, Painter

Biography

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Mojgan Azimi born on August 21, 1985 in Herat, Afghanistan. The Mojgan family immigrated to Iran after the Afghan civil war and settled in Mashhad. She completed her primary and secondary education in Iran and then emigrated to Germany with her family. Mojgan's family moves to Switzerland after a while, she is currently living in Switzerland.

Activities

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Mojgan started her artistic activities at the age of 10 with oil painting. She later studied classical guitar and completed vocal lessons at the age of 18. She has recorded "Ayah" and "twenty-five years" in Iran in 2018.[1] The music video for "Ayah" is known as the first professional work of her, which has rich messages for support of women's, human rights and condemnation of customs and gender discrimination beliefs about them in Afghanistan.[2][3][4][5][6]

She published "Hakeman" in the beginning of autumn 2018. The song won the first prize for best singer, best music and best songwriting at the 2018 San Francisco Roman Award Festival.[7]

References

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  1. "از دو سوی آمو: از بزکشی شبنم تا ۲۵ سال مژگان و اواب". BBC Persian. 2018-02-22.
  2. "نماهنگ جدید مژگان عظیمی‌ درباره تبعیض‌ جنسیتی علیه زنان در ایران و افغانستان". Voice of America. 2020-04-18.
  3. "نماهنگ جدید مژگان عظیمی‌ درباره تبعیض‌ جنسیتی علیه زنان دراگر تن بدهی دل ندهی کار خراب است". kurdistan24. 2018-03-12.
  4. "مژگان عظیمی، خواننده افغان: جهان بر دخالت ایران و پاکستان در افغانستان نظارت کند". Voice of America. 2021-08-14.
  5. "ترانه‌ی یک خواننده افغان، بیانگر تبعیض و سرکوب زن ایرانی نیز هست". voice of Israel. 2018-06-17.
  6. "مژگان عظیمی خواننده جوان که روزها در افغانستان و ایران محبوبیت بسیاری دارد". Iran International. 2018-10-22.
  7. "ترانه "حاکمان" با صدای مژگان عظیمی خواننده افغان". Melliun. 2017-10-08.