Music
INTERVIEW
‘I BELIEVE IN THE RESILIENCE OF ART’
“The Taliban scares me but not as much as I scare them. I’m a woman from Afghanistan and I’m a musician. My songs told stories of femininity, pain and the spirit of resistance.”
These are the defiant words of Elaha Soroor, a singer, composer and designer from Afghanistan. Soroor shot to fame in her country in 2008 after appearing on Afghan Star, their equivalent of The X Factor.
She says: “When I first performed to Afghan audiences as a young woman, I met girls who told me that they feel braver and empowered by watching me on the TV. The Taliban didn’t like that at all, a strong progressive role model for Afghan girls. But we won’t be silenced.”
After a series of hit singles, Soroor began to use her platform to speak out about
