Nasser Razazi

Naser Razzazi
Naser Razzazi
	Naser Razazi, December 2018
Background information
Born	June 21, 1955 (age 69); Sanandaj, Iran
Genres	Kurdish Folk Music
Occupations	Poet, writer, singer, performer
Instruments	Kurdish daf-drum
Years active	1970s-present

Naser Razzazi (Kurdish: ناسر ڕەزازی, born June 21, 1955) is a Kurdish singer, poet and writer. His music encompasses traditional Kurdish folk songs in four different Kurdish dialects, Soranî (Central Kurdish), Kurmancî (Northern Kurdish), Hewramî (Gorani) and Kelhurî (Southern Kurdish).

Naser Razzazi, was born to a poor family in Iranian Kurdistan, but has lived most of his life exiled, mainly Sweden.

In addition to singing, and since his early days as a school teacher, Rezazî has contributed greatly to Kurdish literature and art through his music and poetry that combines different Kurdish genres, dialects and musical styles.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Naser was married to an artist of her own right, Merziye Feriqi, until her death in 2005.^{[citation needed]} He has since remarried.

He fought as a peshmerga-soldier in Iranian Kurdistan, under the political Kurdish political party Komalah for the struggle of an independent Kurdistan. During his period as a guerrilla soldier, fighting for the Kurdish cause, his first audience was namely the peshmerga.^{[citation needed]} He is a big opponent of Islam and admires the Yarsan faith. Razzazi said: „Until my death I will fight against Islam and I will prevent more Islamic influence on Kurds.“ He consideres the Yarsan sites holier than Saudi Arabia. He called the Islamic sites unpure. ^[1]

Discography

(selective)

1976: Kurdistan (کوردستان)
1976: Katana (کەتانە)
1979: Dêwane Xom (دێوانە خۆم)
1982: Gomeşîn (گۆمەشین)
1984: Le Gulan (لە گوڵان)
1988: Helebce (ھەڵەبجە)
1993: Rezyane (ڕەزیانە)
1994: Nyaz (نیاز)
1995: Be Pîroz (بە پیرۆز)
1995: Hîwa (هیوا)
1996: Xemî Nan (خەمی نان)
2000: Kirmaşan (کرماشان)
2010: Êwareye (ئێوارەیە)
2012: Bîrewerî (بیره‌وه‌ری)
2016: Gulbaran (گوڵباران)
2019: Şarekem (شارەکەم)

References

^ "اعلام انزجار کردها از ناصر رزازی خواننده ضد انقلاب پس از تغییر دین و توهین رزازی به دین مبین اسلام و پیامبر اسلام/ رزازی: با دین اسلام تا آخر می جنگم!".

External links

Nasser Razazi official Page on Twitter

Nasser Razazi official Page on Telegram

Naser Razzazi's official Page on Instagram

[1] "اعلام انزجار کردها از ناصر رزازی خواننده ضد انقلاب پس از تغییر دین و توهین رزازی به دین مبین اسلام و پیامبر اسلام/ رزازی: با دین اسلام تا آخر می جنگم!".

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