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Deeyah BBC Interview July 2011
More+Deeyah BBC Interview July 2011
More+By Chris Crowstaff: http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/blogs/womens-voices/deeyah-pop-star-to-activist-the-challenges-of-a-muslim-singer-songwriter/ Deeyah: From Pop Star to Activist Over the last year I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to talk to many different women involved in women’s right’s work. Each conversation has helped to open my eyes to the world beyond the stereotypical images and viewpoints often presented in mainstream media. This is a very strong passion of mine, to find out what is really happening…
More+http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/06/15/site-dignity-honor-violence/ By: Shubhi Tandon – Women News Network – WNN According to the United Nations and The International Campaign Against Honor Killing at least five thousand women and girls worldwide are murdered each year to preserve ‘family honour’. Many of these women are killed for making personal choices that don’t match the limits placed on them by their families and local society. These killings occur in societies where the…
More+MEMINI, an online site of remembrance for victims of Honour Killings got featured in England’s ‘The Asian Today’ newspaper. Click to read the full article.
More+Please join Deeyah and her friends in remembering victims of Honour Killings at http://memini.co
More+In this interview with “A safe world for women” Deeyah talks to Chris Crowstaff about how her music and activism have come together, as a result of her own experiences.
More+Deeyah was a child prodigy superstar in her home country of Norway. As she grew older she gained international success, was signed to BMG/Arista and Warner Bros record labels and subsequently became subject to threats – being a westernised Muslim woman with a growing presence in the media…
More+In this interview with Care2.com, Deeyah speaks about the great importance of organizations like Freemuse.
More+In this interview with Chris Crowstaff, Deeyah shares the story behind her current work-in-progress a documentary film about Honour Killings.
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The Guardian Newspaper featured an article about the compilation “Listen To The Banned”. Titled: “Banned singers join together for an album of hope”. You can read the full article by clicking more.
More+Listen To The Banned has now been listed on The Royal Norwegian Embassy in London website. You can see the page here: http://www.norway.org.uk/
More+Deeyah speaks to Mark Coles of The Strand about Listen To The Banned on the BBC World Service.
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More+US radio host Jean Feraca of show Here On Earth picks Listen To The Banned as her pick of the week.
More+Clips of the songs featured on Listen To The Banned.
More+Visit LISTEN TO THE BANNED on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/listentothebanned
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