Rezwan Munawar

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Rezwan Munawar
Pashto: رضوان منور
Born (1964-01-01) January 1, 1964 (age 59)
Origin Kunar, Afghanistan
Genres Folk music
Years active1985present

Rezwan Munawar (Pashto : رضوان منور, born January 1, 1964) is a Pashto folklore singer who started singing in 1985. [1] He is ethnically Pashtun and belongs to the Safi tribe originally from Mazar valley of Nurgal district of Kunar. He was born in Kuz Kunar district of Nangarhar province in 1964 where he also studied and graduated from Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan High School in 1981. [1]

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Early life

In 1982 Munawar started working as a school teacher in Ahmad Kot Intermediate and then in Tawakal baba Intermediate School of Kuz Kunar district. He served twice in the military as a conscript.

During the years of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in 1993 he migrated to Pakistan.

He was married in 1986 and has seven children, one daughter and six sons. He lives in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Career

When Munawar migrated to Pakistan in 1993, developed his skills in music and established a voluntary association of Afghan singers based in Pakistan. Today he also heads an association of Afghan singers in Jalalabad. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "خبرونه | رضوان منور په اوومه سټوډيو کې" [Rizwan Munawar in Studio 7] (in Pashto). BBC Pashto. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. "Mujale - SCPRD.COM". Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-12.