Soosan Firooz

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Soosan Firooz (also Susan Feroz, * 1989 in Afghanistan ) is an Afghan actress and rapper . She is the first female rapper in Afghanistan . It questions social norms and the traditional role of Afghan women.

biography

Firooz was born in Afghanistan . Her family fled the country and lived in an Iranian refugee camp for seven years during the Afghan civil war . In Iran, she was attacked by Iranians and was unable to go to school regularly due to bureaucratic entanglements. Her family then spent three years as refugees in Pakistan.

After the fall of the Taliban , the Firooz family returned to Afghanistan. They moved to Kandahar in 2003 , where their father found a job. Firooz worked with her siblings and wove carpets. The family moved to Kabul in 2011 , where she played small roles in local television soap operas and films as an actress.

Firooz asked her father, Abdul Ghafar Firooz, for permission to rap. She became aware of the Afghan musician Farid Rastagar , who promoted her and composed her first single. Firooz raps on Dari . Her first single Our Neighbors was released in 2012. The song reflects the plight of Afghan refugees. Her song "Naqisul Aql" means "mentally disturbed" and is an expression used against women in Afghanistan.

Firooz lives with her family in North Kabul. She was threatened with acid attacks, kidnapping, and death. Her mother, who does social work in southern Afghanistan, was also threatened with death. Her father quit his job and acts as her manager and bodyguard accompanying her to the studios. Her uncle broke up with her family because he disapproved of Firooz singing on television.

Firooz performed at a three-day music festival in Kabul in October 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soosan Firooz: Afghanistan's First Female Rapper. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Agence France-Presse: Nation's first female rapper Soosan Feroz says 'If rap singing is a way to tell your miseries, Afghans have a lot to say'. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b Caroline Wyatt: Afghanistan's first female rapper upbeat on future . October 29, 2012 ( bbc.com [accessed November 22, 2019]).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Sami Yousafzai On 1/4/13 at 12:00 AM EST: Susan Feroz: Afghanistan's First Female Rapper. January 4, 2013, accessed November 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c Torie Rose DeGhett: Afghanistan's first female rapper tells the stories that might otherwise be lost | Torie Rose DeGhett . In: The Guardian . November 2, 2012, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 22, 2019]).
  6. ↑ a b c HuffPost - Breaking News, US and World News | HuffPost. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Soosan Firooz: Afghanistan's First Female Rapper. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Afghanistan's first female rapper perseveres past death threats. December 2, 2012, accessed November 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Firooz, Soosan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan actress and rapper
DATE OF BIRTH 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Afghanistan