Anisa Wahab

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Anisa Wahab
Born1956
Kabul, Afghanistan
DiedApril 2010 (aged 53–54)
Nationality Afghan
OccupationActor
Singer
Years active1963-2010

Anisa Wahab (1957-2010) was an Afghan actress and singer. Her theatre career started when she was a child. She co-founded Theatre Exile in Pakistan and performed internationally until her death.

Life and work

Anisa Wahab was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1957. She began acting as a child, performing on Afghan television. In 1963, Wahab's father had her audition for the role of a boy on an Afghan TV show, which became her first acting role. [1] She taught children singing from 1973 until 1982 at the local Pioneers Palace in Kabul. She performed at Mazar Theater for two years in the 1990s. She also acted in soap operas produced by the BBC. [2]

As an adult, she performed on stage, television and in films in Afghanistan until 1992 when she went into exile. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Wahab moved to Peshawar, Pakistan. While there, she performed in projects for the BBC and also became involved in programs supporting child rights. She co-founded Theatre Exile in Pakistan, a theater company created by exiled Afghan performers. [2] With Theatre Exile, she performed in Beyond the Mirror, a play written in partnership with New York's Bond Street Theatre. It was the first collaboration between Afghan and American theatres. [2] [3]

Eventually, she returned to Kabul. In 2004, Wahab performed in a United Nations sponsored production to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan. [4] She was an spokesperson for UNICEF. [5]

Wahab played tabla and tambur. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Jennifer Heath; Ashraf Zahedi (15 November 2014). Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace. University of Texas Press. pp. 300–. ISBN   978-0-292-75931-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Anisa Wahab – Afghan Actress and Comedian". Saazha. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Beyond the Mirror". Bond Street Theatre. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Struggle to raise HIV awareness as first official AIDS-related deaths reported". The New Humanitarian (in French). 1 December 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "With new Afghan parliament weeks away, UNICEF calls on nation to speak up for children and women". UNICEF. Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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