Deeyah Khan

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Deeyah Khan (born August 7, 1977 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian musician , filmmaker and human rights activist who mainly produces documentary films on Islam , extremism and racism .

Life

Deeyah Khan is the daughter of an Afghan mother and a Pakistani father. As a child she learned north Indian singing. After experiencing discrimination, she moved to London at the age of 17 . She played with Bob James , Andy Summers and Nils Petter Molvær , among others . She later started filmmaking.

With the film Banaz - A Love Story won the 2013 Emmy for best international documentary and a Peabody Award , with Jihad: A Story of the Others she won a British Academy Film Awards . In 2010 she founded the production company Fuuse. Deeyah Khan is committed to human rights and equality in her film work and beyond.

She has been the UN special envoy for artistic freedom since 2016 .

Sister Hood

In 2007 Deeyah started the magazine Sister-Hood to offer women of Muslim origin a platform to express themselves artistically. After the print edition was discontinued, Sister-Hood was started as an online magazine in 2016.

Awards and honors

  • 2009: International Freedom to Create Prize
  • 2012: Ossietzky Award from the Norwegian PEN
  • 2015: Jentepris plan
  • 2015: Human Rights Award from the University of Oslo
  • 2016: Gunnar Sønsteby's memorial fund
  • 2016: Peer Gynt Prize
  • 2016: Telenor Culture Award for her artistic achievements
  • 2016: Ambassador of UNESCO
  • 2017: Member of the management team of Arts Council Norway
  • 2018: Honorary Doctorate from Emerson College for her achievements as a documentary filmmaker

Discography

  • 1992: I alt slags lys
  • 1996: Deepika
  • 2006: Ataraxis

Filmography

  • 2012: Banaz - a Love Story
  • 2015: Jihad: A Story of the Others
  • 2016: Islam's Non-Believers
  • 2017: White Right: Meeting The Enemy

Web links

Commons : Deeyah Khan  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Khan as UNESCO Ambassador , UNESCO, accessed October 2, 2018
  2. ↑ Muslim singer Deeyah wins Freedom Award . www.ethnicnow.com. December 1, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Deeyah mottok årets Ossietzkypris ( no ) web.archive.org. December 11, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Claudio Castello: Filmskaper fikk plan Jentepris 2015 ( no ) utrop.no. October 13, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Art of Change Fellow Deeyah Khan is Awarded the University of Oslo's Human Rights Award . artofchange.is. September 21, 2015. Accessed August 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Paal Wergeland, Ida Creed: Sønstebys minnepris til Khan og Bakkevig ( no ) www.nrk.no. January 8, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  7. ↑ HARALD STANGHELLE: En flyktning med sin Peer Gynt ( no ) aftenposten.no. August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ NTB: Deeyah Khan: Får kulturpris på en halv million ( no ) dagbladet.no. September 6, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ UNESCO Press release: Filmmaker, music producer Deeyah Khan named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity . unesco.org. November 17, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ Kadafi Zaman: Ble mobbet and truet ut av Norge - nå blir hun Norges første goodwill ambassador for FN ( no ) tv2.no November 1, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ Press release: Nye medlemmer til Norsk kulturråd ( no ) regjeringen.no. December 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  12. ↑ POET LAUREATE BILLY COLLINS TO SPEAK AT EMERSON COMMENCEMENT . emerson.edu. April 10, 2018. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 26, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.emerson.edu
personal data
SURNAME Khan, Deeyah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian musician, filmmaker and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo