Mojgan Azimi
{{Short description|Afghan singer}}
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| native_name = مژگان عظیمی
| birth_name = Mojgan Azimi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|21}}
| birth_place = Herat, Afghanistan
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| height = 168cm
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|Songwriter|Painter}}
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| notable_works = Ayeh (song)
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| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano}}
| genre = {{hlist|Rock|feminism-pop|Afghan folkloric music}}
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Mojgan Azimi ({{langx|fa|مژگان عظیمی}}; born {{birth date|1991|8|21}}) is an Iranian-born Afghan singer and painter.
Biography
Azimi was born on August 21, 1991, in Kerman, Iran. The Azimi family immigrated to Iran after the Afghan Civil War and settled in Mashhad then Kerman. She completed her primary and secondary education in Iran and then emigrated to Germany with her family. The Azimi family subsequently moved to Switzerland. She is currently living in Switzerland.
Activities
Azimi started her artistic activities at the age of 10 with oil painting. She later studied classical guitar and completed vocal lessons at the age of 18. She has recorded "Ayah" and "twenty-five years" in Iran in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/tv-and-radio-43720245|title=از دو سوی آمو: از بزکشی شبنم تا ۲۵ سال مژگان و اواب|publisher=BBC Persian|date=2018-02-22}} The music video for "Ayah" is known as her first professional work. It has rich messages supporting women's human rights, and condemnation of customs and gender discrimination beliefs about them in Afghanistan.{{cite news|url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/morgan-azimi-jannat-muisc-song-women-video/5362089.html|title=نماهنگ جدید مژگان عظیمی درباره تبعیض جنسیتی علیه زنان در ایران و افغانستان|publisher=Voice of America|date=2020-04-18}}{{cite news|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/fa/story/3444-%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-|title=نماهنگ جدید مژگان عظیمی درباره تبعیض جنسیتی علیه زنان دراگر تن بدهی دل ندهی کار خراب است|publisher=kurdistan24|date=2018-03-12}}{{cite news|url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/episode_mojgan-azimi2-528676/6094802.html|title=مژگان عظیمی، خواننده افغان: جهان بر دخالت ایران و در افغانستان نظارت کند|publisher=Voice of America|date=2021-08-14}}{{cite news|url=https://radis.org/%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%87-%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%ba%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%d8%8c-%d8%a8%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86%da%af%d8%b1-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%b6/|title=ترانه‌ی یک خواننده افغان، بیانگر تبعیض و سرکوب زن ایرانی نیز هست|publisher=voice of Israel|date=2018-06-17}}{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSEfZiz2DLs|title=مژگان عظیمی خواننده جوان که روزها در افغانستان و ایران محبوبیت بسیاری دارد|publisher=Iran International
|date=2018-10-22}}
She published "Hakeman" at the beginning of autumn 2018. The song won the first prize for best singer, best music, and best songwriting at the 2018 San Francisco Rumi International Music Awards.{{cite news|url=https://melliun.org/iran/184464|title=ترانه "حاکمان" با صدای مژگان عظیمی خواننده افغان|publisher=Melliun|date=2017-10-08}}{{cite news|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/fa/story/3444-اگر-تن-بدهی-دل-ندهی-کار-خراب-است-|title= اگر تن بدهی دل ندهی کار خراب است|publisher=kurdistan24|date=2018-03-24}}
References
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External links
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Category:Afghan women painters
Category:Persian-language singers of Afghanistan
Category:Afghan expatriates in Iran
Category:Afghan expatriates in Germany
Category:Afghan expatriates in Switzerland
Category:21st-century Afghan women singers
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