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When one of the world’s most beloved #Pashtun singers announced that she was giving up music to follow her faith, it came as more than a shock to fans and supporters — some took it as a national tragedy.
Nazia Iqbal surprised concertgoers in Dubai on January 21 when she announced that they were seeing her last performance. She was leaving music, she said, to live the “life of a devoted Muslim woman.”
“Now you are not going to see my face,” the popular Pakistani singer said, “because I will be wearing the Islamic veil.” [READ MORE]
Check out Nazia Iqbal’s music video above.
