ArtistInfo

Deeyah

voc, key, *1977 NO, Oslo
Composer / Producer of Hip-Hop/Rap and Pop
A.k.a. Deeyah Khan Deepika Thathaal

Deeyah Khan (Urdu: دیا خان‎, [d̪iːaːˈxaːn], born 7 August 1977 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian film director, music producer, composer and human rights defender of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. She is an outspoken supporter of women's rights, freedom of expression and peace.She is the founder and producer of World Woman, an annual international festival of art and activism in Oslo.Deeyah is the recipient of several awards for her work supporting freedom of expression, in 2012 she was awarded the Ossietzky prize by Norwegian PEN.

Instruments

• Vocals
• Keyboards

Genres

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Pop
• Electronic
• World
• R&B/Soul