Rezwan Munawar ( ps, رضوان منور, born January 1, 1964) is a
Pashto folklore singer who started singing in 1985.
He is ethnically Pashtun and belongs to the
Safi tribe originally from Mazar valley of
Nurgal district of
Kunar. He was born in
Kuz Kunar district of
Nangarhar province in 1964 where he also studied and graduated from Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan High School in 1981.
Early life
In 1982 Munawar started working as a school teacher in Ahmad Kot Intermediate and then in Tawakal baba Intermediate School of Kuz Kunar district. He served twice in the military as a conscript.
During the years of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in 1993 he migrated to
Pakistan
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.
He was married in 1986 and has seven children, one daughter and six sons. He lives in
Jalalabad
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, Afghanistan.
Career
When Munawar migrated to Pakistan in 1993, developed his skills in music and established a voluntary association of Afghan singers based in Pakistan. Today he also heads an association of Afghan singers in Jalalabad.
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
21st-century Afghan male singers
Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Pashtun singers