Elaha Soroor

Afghan protest singer Elaha Soroor defied tradition to become a musician, finding fame on the TV talent show Afghan Star before being forced to flee her home country after she was targeted by fundamentalists. She became known in the West via her collaboration with experimental world music duo Kefaya on their 2019 album Songs of Our Mothers. A member of the Hazara ethnic minority group, Soroor was born to Iranian and Ghanaian refugees; the family returned to Afghanistan when she was 16 after the fall of the Taliban. While still in high school, she became a news reporter at a l...