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Kurdish Shakira says Kurdistan needs us to
sing in mother language
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Famous Kurdish singer Dashni Murad or "Shakira of
Kurdistan "
a Kurdish artist from Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan
region of Iraq, living in Holland.
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June
6, 2012
AMSTERDAM, —
Kurdish Dutch singer Dashni Murad said she aspires
to sing a duet with international artist Shakira,
adding that Kurdistan needs artists to sing in their
mother language.
Murad, who is visiting the Kurdistan Region where
she is preparing a dramatic television program, said
in an interview published by Dutch newspaper POPnl
that she is seeking to show a different style in a
conservative society.
Many Dutch artists consider Dashni's style to be
similar to that of Shakira, which has earned her the
nickname "the Kurdish Shakira". But Murad to perform
dances that fit Kurdish songs,www.ekurd.net
which vary in rhythms from western music. This makes
the dances somehow difficult.
Murad, 26, said: "I want to sing in Kurdish
language, my mother tongue, although I speak Dutch
and English very well.
"I think that Kurdistan needs us to sing in our
mother language, and it is also a great honor for me
to represent the Netherlands in the European Song
Contest."
Murad admires Shakira and also aspires to cooperate
with Dutch artist Marco Busaco. She listens to
Mozart and Chopin and is also fond of Kurdish music.
Murad aspires to succeed in her experience in
singing in English and in working in Kurdistan as
well.
The singer left the Iraqi Kurdistan Region,
Sulaimaniyah city, in the mid 1990s with her family
when she was eight years old. The family settled in
the Netherlands.
By Adnan Abu Zaid
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