Mermon Parwin
Mermon Parwin (born November 21, 1924 in Kabul as Khadidja Ziai , † December 9, 2004 in Kabul) was the first Afghan singer whose lecture was broadcast on Radio Kabul . Mermon means in ((Pashtu | ميرمن)) woman.
Life
Mermon Parwin was born as Khadidja Ziai [Zia-i] as the daughter of the Pashtun Sardar (Prince) Mohammad Rahim Ziai and the Tajikin Bibi Koh from Badachschan Province in Afghanistan. She learned cultural techniques such as reading and writing privately from her father, who wrote poetry and made music.
Mermon Parwin then attended the college or college for nurses and midwives founded by King Amanullah in Kabul. After her training, she worked as a midwife in various clinics in the city of Kabul in the field of gynecology and obstetrics.
The marriage to Mohammad Yakob, who was nicknamed Masterscout as a co-founder of the Afghan scout organization Zarandoi , lasted two years because he emigrated to Pakistan and, under the pseudonym Mehr Khan Gran , moderated a political program, especially one directed against Afghanistan he she u. a. Accused of improper acts. Mermon Parwin responded to his accusations with the song man Gulfrosch astam (I sell flowers), which symbolically means that she is selling her art and not herself.
Sensational event
In 1951, Radio Afghanistan, under the direction of Ustad Abdul Ghafur Breshna, broadcast the voice of a woman for the first time, an event that went down in Afghan history and started a process of change in the relationship between the sexes. According to Prof. Ahmad Jawed , his team is said to have recorded the song “Gulfrosch”, which she sang and broadcast on Radio Kabul, in her house in 1951. Other sources report that she appeared veiled on Radio Kabul to record her song. Mohammad Ebrahim Khalil wrote the song and the charabat musician Ustad Ghulam Hossein , father of Mohamed Hussein Sarahang composed the music for it. After that, women could be hired as news anchors, presenters and singers on Radio Afghanistan.
In 1959, the government lifted the mandatory veil that was imposed after the overthrow of King Amanullah in 1929 and which the Taliban reintroduced in 1996. The lifting of the compulsory veil paved the way for women to appear at events on the occasion of festivals and independence celebrations. In 1959 Parwin signed a contract with Radio Afghanistan and sang songs in various languages of the country, above all the Nouruz song Samanak on the occasion of the Iranian New Year. Mermon Parwin is now very popular in Iran and all Persian-speaking countries in Central Asia, particularly Iran and Tajikistan, as well as Dari and Parsi speakers in Pakistan and India. Mermon Parwin sang a total of 320 songs on radio programs in Afghanistan. 20 of her songs are available as TV recordings on RTA Radio Television Afghanistan .
Mermon Parwin has sung various songs of the German scouts with texts translated into Farsi and Pashto. In 1971, King Zahir Shah awarded her a gold medal as the best and most popular singer in Afghanistan.
The country's most popular singer stayed in her home country until her death in 2004 and campaigns for equal rights for women in Afghanistan. The pioneer of the voice of women in Afghanistan took part in events from 2002 and encouraged the women of the country to take an active part in the cultural and social life of the country.
Remarks
- ↑ Abdul Ghafur Brechna was General Director of Radio Afghanistan from 1943 to 1953
- ↑ Iranian refers to the cultural area and not just to today's Iranian state
Web links
- Brechna biography ( memento from March 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Afghan Scout Organization, Zarandoi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parwin, Mermon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ziai, Khadidja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first Afghan singer to appear on Radio Kabul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kabul , Afghanistan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2004 |
| Place of death | Kabul , Afghanistan |