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Amina - an Afghan singer on the run (Swiss Press Audio 2017, by Karin Wenger) - Swiss Press Award

Echo der Zeit, SRF

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2017

Karin Wenger

Amina Amani is the name of a young singer I met and portrayed five years ago in the Afghan city of Herat. She was 22 years old at the time and already famous. The price of this fame was high: The mullahs incited hatred against the self-confident woman. She was persecuted and threatened. What became of her? I wanted to know, so I searched for her.

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