Afghan Star

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Afghan Star is a casting show in Afghanistan , similar to Deutschland sucht den Superstar , in which the aim is to find the most talented young Afghan singer. The program is broadcast by the Afghan television station Tolo TV . Since September 2005, 12 seasons of the show have been produced.

background

Under the rule of the Islamist Taliban , all music was banned as "un-Islamic". VCRs , televisions , CDs , record players , records , cassettes and other sound carriers were prohibited and were confiscated. Only sung verses from the Koran were allowed.

Against this background, looks a TV show that appeal to look for Germany the superstar oriented, especially provocative because, for example, a candidate from an episode Herat danced while singing what inappropriate applies to women in public, and her case also the headscarf of the Hair slipped.

Because of this, this show is a thorn in the side of Islamic clergymen and conservative Afghans. They see it as a “strengthening of immorality”. Allegedly, pictures of the show were shown to deter the rural villagers. Several participants have already been threatened. Setara Hussainzada, a Tajik woman from Herat who finished eighth in a performance, had to flee home because of death threats.

Afghan Star (film)

Against the backdrop of the casting show, a documentary was produced in 2009 , which is also called Afghan Star . The film portrays the efforts of four Afghans, Hameed Sakhizada , Setara Hussainzada , Rafi Naabzada , and Lema Sahar to win the competition for the title. The show's director and host , Daoud Sediqi , also has a say. Afghan Star was produced by British director Havana Marking .

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mujib Mashal: A Rapping Barber, a Defiant Teenager and a Release for War-Weary Afghans (en) . In: The New York Times , Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. , March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.