Deeyah – Norway based Pakistani

Deepika Thathaal aka Deeyah – singer, composer and producer– is a versatile artist and a passionate human rights activist. She is Norway based Pakistani. Her father was a Pakistani and her mother was a phatan from Afghanistan. She was born in Norway and spent her time in America and England aswell. She released two critically acclaimed albums in Norway. Deeyah trained within the North Indian/Pakistani classical vocal tradition for more than fourteen years and had the rare privilege of being the only female ever to be trained by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan and one of very few females to be trained by Ustad Sultan Khan. She is also known as Muslim Madonna. She has got powerful vocals and i will definitely recommend her music to you.