{"id":385425,"date":"2022-11-08T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=385425"},"modified":"2022-11-08T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:58:21","slug":"arooj-aftab-calls-out-journalists-who-unload-their-islamophobic-white-feminist-views-on-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/arooj-aftab-calls-out-journalists-who-unload-their-islamophobic-white-feminist-views-on-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Arooj Aftab Calls Journalists Out for Their Islamophobic and White Feminist Opinions of Her"},"content":{"rendered":"

US-based Pakistani artiste, Arooj Aftab, called journalists out on Twitter yesterday for “unloading” their Islamophobia and problematic white feminist views onto her.<\/p>\n

Despite winning multiple awards, including a Grammy Award for ‘Best Global Music’, she revealed that she still has to deal with ignorant questions due to her identity as a female musician from Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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She tweeted, “So tired of journalists just casually unloading their cultural imperialism, Islamophobia, problematic white feminist views and straight-up ignorance into me just because I am a Pakistani woman”.<\/p>\n

“Can they please do better. How do we make this happen,” she added.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/arooj_aftab\/status\/1589311557380734976<\/p>\n

Twitterati agreed to the singer’s rant and one replied, “Do they ask you, are women in Pakistan allowed to sing?’ or ask you about Malala.<\/p>\n

She continued,<\/p>\n

The west sure makes our history starts with Taliban and ends with Taliban.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsAhlove\/status\/1589313765170118656?s=20&t=cZEX2g-ebjR7NXkvEbVGvg<\/p>\n\t\t

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About Arooj Aftab<\/h3>\n

Arooj Aftab is a US-based Pakistani singer, composer, and producer who has been breaking new ground with her soulful tunes. The 37-year-old has steadily been gaining global attention for her work that fuses various genres such as jazz, folk, minimalism, and neo-Sufi.<\/p>\n

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She has released three albums so far \u2014 Bird Under Water<\/em> (2014), Siren Islands<\/em> (2018), and Vulture Prince<\/em> (2021) \u2014 and gained even more attention after former US president, Barack Obama, included her song Mohabbat<\/em>\u00a0in his 2021 summer favorites list.<\/p>\n

Arooj Aftab submitted her new song, Udhero Na<\/em><\/a>, (featuring Anoushka Shankar) for consideration to the Grammys last month. The award show will take place on 5 February 2023 in Los Angeles, and the nominations will be announced on 15 November 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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