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Aryana Sayeed: Afghanistan’s 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’s biggest pop star, and has braved death threats to campaign for women’s rights and artistic freedom. Is this a fight she can win?
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Sun 15 Dec 201900:06GMT
BBC World Service
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Aryanna Sayeed, pictured in June 2018 (Credit: Michael Campanella/Getty Images)
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- Fri 13 Dec 201914:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Fri 13 Dec 201920:06GMTBBC World Service Online, Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & Europe and the Middle East only
- Fri 13 Dec 201921:06GMTBBC World Service News Internet & East Asia only
- Sun 15 Dec 201900:06GMTBBC World Service
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