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Aryana Sayeed: Afghanistan鈥檚 biggest pop star
Afghanistan's biggest pop star is engaged in the struggle by using her own potent weapons - her voice, her songs and a spirit of defiance. Is this a fight she can win?
The fight for Afghanistan's future has been joined far beyond the frontlines between Government forces and the Taliban. Stephen Sackur interviews Aryana Sayeed, who is engaged in the struggle by using her own potent weapons: her voice, her songs and a spirit of defiance. She is Afghanistan鈥檚 biggest pop star, and has braved death threats to campaign for women鈥檚 rights and artistic freedom. Is this a fight she can win?
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Sun 15 Dec 2019
00:06GMT
麻豆社 World Service
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Aryanna Sayeed, pictured in June 2018 (Credit: Michael Campanella/Getty Images)
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- Fri 13 Dec 2019 14:06GMT麻豆社 World Service Australasia
- Fri 13 Dec 2019 20:06GMT麻豆社 World Service Online, Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only
- Fri 13 Dec 2019 21:06GMT麻豆社 World Service News Internet & East Asia only
- Sun 15 Dec 2019 00:06GMT麻豆社 World Service
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