Sirine Jahangir

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Sirine Jahangir
Born2005 (age 1819)
London
Occupation
  • Singer
Known for Britain's Got Talent (2020)
Relatives Junaid Jamshed (uncle)
Fauzia Kasuri (aunt)

Sirine Jahangir (born 2005) is a blind British musician, pianist and singer-songwriter, known for her appearance on Britain's Got Talent 2020. [1] [2]

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Personal life

Sirine Jahangir was born and raised in Central London, to Kafeel Jahangir and Ghizlane. In 2010, she lost vision of left eye. [3] At age 9, she lost full vision of both eyes. [4] Her family moved to Mill Hill, North London when she was 12 years old. [1]

Her grandfather is Sahibzada Jahangir, the spokesperson on Trade & Investment in UK & Europe for then-prime minister Imran Khan of Pakistan. [5] [1] Late Pop Star turned Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed was her uncle. [3] Fauzia Kasuri, a senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf politician is her aunt. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Sirine is ambassador of Graham Layton Trust, [10] and has participated in several charity and music events such as; FFB Hope from Home [11] [12] and Coke Fest 2020. [13] [14]

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