Arooj Aftab

Pakistani singer, composer, and producer Arooj Aftab creates a captivating blend of neo-Sufi, classical minimalism, jazz, electronic music, and other disparate styles. As a teenager in the early 2000s, she played a significant role in helping to develop her country's independent music movement, then moved to New York City, where she became active as a film composer at the end of the decade. Throughout the 2010s, Aftab's broad stylistic mix was reflected in her performances, which ranged from major venues like New York's Lincoln Center and Berlin's Haus der Kulturen der Welt to...