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Raquel Evita Saraswati
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Agent of Moral Courage: Deeyah
May 5, 2008 - 03:52 PM
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Deeyah is a 30-year old Muslim singer born and raised in Norway of Pakistani descent. A lifelong performer, Deeyah has always been clear that her calling is to do what she loves - music.
What hasn't always been clear to Deeyah is her spiritual and ethical obligation to fight for women's rights, as she does so tirelessly today. Deeyah's parents, both practicing Muslims, never denied her the right to choose her own career. They also didn't tell her that there was anything she could not do because she is a woman. Deeyah admits to having been unaware of the inequalities between men and women in the Muslim community for much of her life.
All of that changed when Deeyah became a target of negative attention from within the Muslim community. While she does have a Muslim fanbase, some extremely conservative Muslims object to her choice of career. They are so against her choice that Deeyah and her family have been harassed. Deeyah also receives death threats on a regular basis.
Click here to read the full feature on Deeyah and to see her music video, "What will it be".
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Re: Agent of Moral Courage: Deeyah
May 9, 2008 - 12:14 AM
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I have always been a fan of Deeyah, but as I have got older I have read more about her and liked her even more.
"What will it be?" is a great video.
In life we come across narrow minded people who on most occasions are the least educated ones(from personal experience). As a Muslim myself I understand why Deeyah got the negative comments, but I do not agree with it one bit.
Muslims are always seen in a negative way by the media and public, but what people tend to forget is that there are Muslims out there that aren't as bad. There are liberal civilized Muslims out there too.
I support Deeyah all the way.
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Raquel Evita Saraswati
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Re: Agent of Moral Courage: Deeyah
May 13, 2008 - 07:47 AM
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For those interested, here is Deeyah's music video, "What will it be".
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Re: Agent of Moral Courage: Deeyah
June 2, 2008 - 12:23 PM
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That video ROCKS!
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Re: Agent of Moral Courage: Deeyah
August 19, 2008 - 10:06 PM
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I love the video! I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini) for my English class and this is such a good follow-up video! I am going to try to get my teacher to show it to the class!
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Re: Agent of Moral Courage: Deeyah
October 4, 2008 - 07:33 AM
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great video
thx evita
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