Dashni Morad is a Kurdish singer, songwriter, television presenter, human rights & environmental activist. Born in Kurdistan, she moved to Holland as a refugee with her family in 1997. She rose to prominence in 2005 through her television show, "Bê Kontrol", which was the first of its kind in the Kurdistan Region to explore pop culture and related aspects of contemporary Western culture candidly. Many people in the Kurdistan Region, particularly the youth, consider Dashni to have broken down cultural and traditional barriers for young women.
Morad was born on 1 January 1986 in the city of Sulaimaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to Kurdish parents. Following the Kurdish uprising against the Ba’ath regime in 1991, 1,400,000 Kurds fled the Kurdistan Region in fear of reprisals from Saddam Hussein. Morad, then aged 5, was forced to flee to the Iranian border with her family, until it was safe to return home.
In 1997, aged 11, she moved to the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands as a refugee with her family. Whilst there, she attended St. Paulus school for two years, until she moved to the nearby town of Didam in 1999. There she attended Liemers College, where she acquired a HAVO diploma. She started modeling when she was 16 and also took up street dance. She also used to play football as a teenager, until her parents forced her to leave because of cultural reasons.
| Date of Birth | 1st January 1986 |
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| Age | 38 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Current City | Kurdistan Region |
| Career Start | 2006 (18 years ago) |
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