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Naghma

Naghma is an Afghan singer whose Pashto and Dari songs connect folk traditions, love and life away from home.

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Overview

From
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Also known as
Shah Pari
Languages
Pashto and Dari
Breakout
Her singing partnership with Mangal

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How it started.

Growing up in Kandahar as Shah Pari, she loved poetry and song. At 16, she moved to Kabul and auditioned successfully at Radio Afghanistan. She took the stage name Naghma and formed a popular duo with Mangal.

Finding her listeners.

Their recordings reached audiences through the cassette boom of the 1980s and 1990s. Fans across Afghanistan and its diaspora came to know her through folk songs and traditional melodies.

A voice for home.

Her repertoire includes folk music and contemporary romantic songs. In a 2025 interview, she described using music to speak to her community and call for girls’ education.

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Awards

Quotes

I have a lot of messages for my people through my singing.Naghma, interviewed by Carlotta Gall and Ruhullah Khapalwak for The New York Times, republished by The Indian Express

Speaking in a 2025 interview about songs calling for girls’ education.

Trivia

  1. Her stage name, Naghma, means melody.
  2. She wrote her first poem at 13.
  3. Da Lawango Botay Tappy credits her as both composer and lyricist under the name Naghma Shaperai.

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