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  Women of Pakistan - Nazia Hassan
Nazia’s first video that aired on TV in the early 80s was shot waist up so the audience couldn’t see her dancing feet.
Nazia Hassan, the South Asian queen of pop, was a woman of many talents.
Nazia’s parents Basir and Muniza created the Nazia Hassan Foundation as a continuation of their daughter’s life long efforts to make this world a better place for everyone.
www.jazbah.org /naziah2.php   (989 words)

  
 Nazia Hassan Foundation
The Nazia Hassan Foundation has been established by Nazia's parents, Basir and Muniza in continuation of her life long charitable and social efforts to make the world a better place to live in for all irrespective of colour, creed or religion.
Nazia Hassan with her first song at only thirteen became a superstar and household name with Asians around the world.
Nazia Hasan is remembered today with a vengeance that is far greater than the music she made.
www.naziahassan.co.uk   (420 words)

  
 Nazia Hassen Story
She had that totally different voice because in the Subcontinent there are some types of voices but Nazia had absolutely unique voice and her voice was totally suitable for the music she did and one more quality she had that she was a maximum actoress also”.
Nazia had a magical personality, you’ll not find a bad word from any person who was close to her or not.
Nazia’s personality and beauty was also very much appreciated in film industry and there were many offers for her to perform in films but she always refused and bound herself to music only.
www.geocities.com /naziahassan_zohebhassan/naziastory.html   (1975 words)

  
 Obituary: Nazia Hassan | Obituaries | Guardian Unlimited
Nazia Hassan, who has died of lung cancer at the age of 35, revolutionised Asian pop music.
Born into a well-to-do Karachi family, Nazia came as a teenager to London, where the song was recorded after she had met Bollywood filmmaker Feroz Khan at a party.
Nazia, who had a London University law degree, lived most of her life in Britain, but always returned to her roots in Pakistan.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,357323,00.html   (359 words)

  
 Pakipop.com > Dedication > Nazia Hassan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Never mind that PTV shot her from the waist up, so the audience wouldn't see her dancing feet, or that the maulvis were in an uproar over the brother and sister dancing together.
Nazia had one hit "Tali Dey Thallay" from her last album, but it had more folk overtones than pop and was picturised on PTV.
Nazia had admitted earlier on that music was simply a hobby to her, and she decided to break from it, leaving her brother to hold the fort.
www.pakipop.com /description/solo/nazia_zoheb/nazia.html   (1079 words)

  
 Nazia Hassan Foundation
Nazia Hassan was considered to represent the UN as an ambassador from Pakistan
Nazia Hassan was only 15 when she sang "Aap jaisa koi", 16 when she sang "disco deewane" and 18 when she recorded "Boom Boom"
Nazia Hasan is remembered today with a vengeance that is far greater than the music she made.
www.naziahassan.co.uk /didyou.htm   (618 words)

  
 In memory of Nazia Hassan
Pakistani-born pop singer Nazia Hassan will be remembered this coming Thursday at a House of Commons function to be attended by leading members of the British Asian community, the high commissioners of Pakistan and Bangladesh and India's deputy high commissioner.
Nazia, who died three years ago of lung cancer, took the sub-continent by storm with her debut song Aap jaisa koi meri zindagi mein aaye in the popular Hindi film, Qurbani, in 1980.
The idea of floating the Nazia Hassan Children's Foundation is a very thoughtful gesture and will definitely go a long way in keeping the memory...
www.rediff.com /movies/2003/sep/29nazia.htm   (438 words)

  
 Send to a Friend - IPS Inter Press Service
Nazia Hassan went on to sing about 50 songs and produced some successful albums such as Young Tarang and Disco Deewane.
Nazia Hassan's contribution to the causes she took up was seen by many as valuable, but it is her music, little enough of it that there was, that left a lasting impression.
Nazia Hassan died in August 2000, leaving behind her music, her efforts to help those who needed it so much, and a three-year-old son.
www.ipsnews.net /sendnews.asp?idnews=20378   (655 words)

  
 DNA - World - Nazia’s brother ready to sing again - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nazia's first song Aap Jaisa Koi which was picturised on diva Zeenat Aman in the film Qurbani made her a household name.
Nazia Hasan started a new chapter in sub-continental pop music, when she sang Aap Jaisa Koi for the Bollywood movie Qurbani made by actor/producer Feroz Khan when she was just fifteen.
Nazia Hassan tragically died of lung cancer in London in 2000.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1030505&CatID=9   (601 words)

  
 Made for Nazia, sung by Alisha-World-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The late Hassan, an intensely political person, was the first Pakistani artiste to win a Filmfare award and towards the end of her life, saw herself as a symbol of "youth culture" for the whole sub-continent.
In notes written by the singer before her death and only recently discovered by her mother, Hassan described herself and her singing companion, younger brother Zoheb, as "the first stars to highlight the importance of youth culture on the sub-continent".
The new awards will be part of the Nazia Hassan Foundation, to be launched next month at a ceremony attended by Lord Swaraj Paul, Baroness Flather, Lord Nazir Ahmed and most of the South Asian high commissioners in London.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?artid=192704   (536 words)

  
 Nazia Hassan finally laid to rest
Hassan was buried in London, where she and her brother Zoheb were brought up.Apart from her family, the funeral was attended notables from the Pakistani expatriate community, including Pakistan's former caretaker Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi and former High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamshul Hassan.
Her parents Muniza and Basheer Hassan and her former husband, Ishtiaq Beg (the divorce is believed to have been finalised only weeks before her death on August 13) disagreed over which of them had a right to bury her, leading to several weeks of legal wrangling over whom her body should be handed over to.
Hassan is also said to have left instructions in her will to have her son brought up by her parents, and not by her former husband.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000907/iin07060.html   (428 words)

  
 rediff.com, Movies: Feroz Khan remembers Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan, who stormed the Indian music scene in the early 1980s, passed away in London on Sunday after a prolonged battle with leukaemia.
Film-maker Feroz Khan, the man responsible for giving Nazia a break with the chart-busting Aap jaisa koi mere zindagi mein aaye in Qurbani, recounts his association with the pretty singer: "My first meeting with Nazia was thanks to coincidence.
Nazia was just 17 years old then in 1979-1980.
www.rediff.com /entertai/2000/aug/14nazia.htm   (294 words)

  
 Women of Pakistan - Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan was born in 1965 in London to an affluent Pakistani family.
Nazia and Zoheb Hassan became superstars in both countries.
Nazia’s nasally voice, MTV style videos and disco/pop music all played into what felt like a cultural revolution.
www.jazbah.org /naziah1.php   (827 words)

  
 getPakistan.com: Looking Back at Nazia Hasan
Nazia's album Disco Deewany became highly popular, creating history as far as its sale in the country was concerned.
Nazia was the first British Asian girl of Pakistani origin to make an impact on the Bollywood music industry apart from altogether sweeping the Pakistani pop scene.
Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan, who formed a perfect duo together, then traveled to Pakistan in early 80's and released their first Volume 'Young Tarang'.
www.getpakistan.com /home/looking_back/nazia.htm   (556 words)

  
 naziahassan.com | Tribute To Nazia Hassan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nazia Hassan at the tender age of thirteen won the hearts of millions of Asians around the world through her unique style of music.
What really made Nazia unique in the eyes of her fans, was not her success but the fact that she used her iconic status to promote social causes.
In her last Will and Testament, Nazia had clearly stipulated to her lawyers that her son Arez should remain with her parents, but this too, was contested by her ex-husband in a court of law, before she was even buried.
www.naziahassan.com.pk /happily_ever_after.htm   (533 words)

  
 The Hindu : Nazia Hassan dead
Pakistani pop singer, Nazia Hassan, died in London today after a protracted illness, NNI news agency reported.
Nazia sprang into stardom with her Indian film Qurbani song Aap jaisa koyi meri zindagi mein aaye.
Nazia and Zohaib, who formed a perfect duo together, then travelled to Pakistan in the early 80s and released their first volume `Young Tarang'.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/08/14/stories/0314000a.htm   (149 words)

  
 Nazia and Zoheb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nazia Hassan (Urdu: نازیہ حسن) singer, born April 3 1965; died August 13 2000 and Zoheb Hassan (Urdu: زوہیب حسن) were a singing sensation and pioneers of the Pakistani pop music scene during the 1980s.
They shot to true stardom and fame as a result of the song "Aap Jaisa Koi" which Nazia Hassan sang for the Indian movie "Qurbani" made by actor/producer Feroz Khan when she was just fifteen.
Nazia Hassan died of lung cancer in London in 2000 at the age of 35.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nazia_and_Zoheb   (473 words)

  
 Nazia And Zoheb Hassan - Biography - AOL Music
The popular brother-sister duo, Nazia and Zoheb Hassan, was one of the first acts whose appeal hopscotched linguistic, ethnic and national chalklines.
Nazia Hassan's hit "Aap Jaisa Koi" (Hindi for "Somebody like You") from the film Qurbani was one of the sensations of 1980 (available on Polydor cassette 3227 038).
Get Nazia And Zoheb Hassan biography information, download, listen and watch Nazia And Zoheb Hassan music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and use the music search function to find information on other new and established recording artists.
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 Nazia Hassan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Indian commentator notes that “...Hindustani film music was never the same after Nazia, maybe accidentally, invaded it...Aap jaisa koi actually set a disco trend.” The next year her first album, “Disco Diwane” (1981) broke record sales in Pakistan and India and even hit number one on the Brazilian charts.
Nazia spent her teenage between Karachi and London where she would go on to read law at London University.
She died in 2000 due to lung cancer at the age of 35.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nazia_Hassan   (396 words)

  
 Asians In Media magazine | Meera Syal and others awarded at Nazia Hassan foundation launch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At Portcullis House in the House of Commons yesterday, a tribute was paid to the late Nazia Hassan with the launch of an award ceremony in her name.
Nazia came to London as a teenager, where she went into song recording after meeting Bollywood filmmaker Feroz Khan at a party.
The Awards were presented by the Patrons of the Nazia Hassan Foundation, Lord Ahmed Of Rotherham, Baroness Flather, Lord Paul, Baroness Uddin, and Labour MP’s Mohammed Sarwar and Khalid Mahmood.
www.asiansinmedia.org /news/article.php/events/177   (305 words)

  
 The Music Magazine -- India's first and finest music e-zine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nazia Hassan was only 35 when she died in London mid-August.
At the peak of her popularity in 1979-80, Nazia was just 17.
Nazia had consistently downplayed the cancer, telling people that it wasn't as serious as they feared it was.
www.themusicmagazine.com /naziaobit.html   (348 words)

  
 In Loving Memory of Nazia Apa (aka Nazia Hasan): Ideas & Identities of India Pakistan
For a eulogy to Nazia Hassan on the occasion of her death anniversary doesn’t just deserve some web space in an e-zine, it deserves a place in everyone’s heart.
That is exactly what Nazia did; she sang her way into the hearts of millions, not just in Pakistan, but also in the entire sub-continent.
Nazia Apa suffered from cancer twice, the recurrence taking place just one year before her death, which eventually took her life.
www.chowk.com /show_article.cgi?aid=00002409&channel=leafyglade+inn   (1371 words)

  
 Nazia Hasan | DesPardes.com
Yet Nazia Hasan managed to create a unique place for herself both in the hearts of her audience and in the annals of popular music in the subcontinent.
Much to the shock of those who dismissed her as a musical non-talent, Nazia Hasan is mourned today with a vengeance that is far greater than the music she made.
She was a star in the true sense of the overused and misunderstood word.
www.despardes.com /people/nazia.html   (206 words)

  
 Mag4you.com, Links to Nazia Hassan Zoheb Hassan Mp3 Songs, Download free Mp3 Songs
Be it the classic disco anthem of "Disco Deewane" or the Punjabi folk influenced tune "Taali de Thullay," Nazia had a distinctive voice and sang many memorable tunes composed by her brother and Biddu.
Considered the pioneer of pop music in Pakistan, Nazia Hassan started out at a very young age along with her brother Zoheb.
Nazia went on to get married, and Zoheb followed his solo career amongst other things.
www.mag4you.com /pakistani-mp3-songs/nazia-zohaib.asp   (348 words)

  
 DNA - World - Zoheb Hassan to revive ties with India’s music world - Daily News & Analysis
LONDON: Zoheb Hassan, brother of legendary Pakistani pop singer late Nazia Hassan, will visit India to revive his connections with the music world, his mother said on Monday.
While Nazia Hassan became famous singing ‘Aap jaisa koi’ from the Hindi film Qurbani in 1980, Zoheb gained fame with her in the album ‘Disco Deewani’, 26 years ago.
Nazia Hassan joined the UN in 1991 as an intern and then went on to work in the UN Department of Political and Security Council Affairs.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1065221   (328 words)

  
 Nazia Hassan - PakistaniMusic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Considered the pioneer of pop music in Pakistan, Nazia Hassan started out at a very young age (along with her brother Zoheb), and the two had been rocking Pakistan until a couple of years back when they both decided to 'call it a day'.
Nazia went on to get married, and Zoheb followed his solo career amongst other things.
Note: Nazia Hassan passed away on the 13th of August, 2000.
www.pakistanimusic.com /artistes/naziahassan.html   (265 words)

  
 Nazia Hassan's Last TV Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The below interview was taken literally a few days after Nazia was released from hospital in 1999 after she temporarily recovered from cancer illness.
Nazia: Chemotherapy is not an easy treatment to go through so it takes it's toll physically.
Nazia: I want to make as much of everyday as possible.I think you can get a little too worried about the future, you can worry too much about dying, worry too much about....what if the disease gets worse and all of that...but what's important to do is to be as positive as you can be.
www.megspace.com /arts/naziazoheb/wwwboard/445.html   (1975 words)

  
 NRI TV presenter gets Nazia Hassan Award -NRI News-World-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The awards were instituted in memory of Nazia Hassan, best known for her music.
With her brother Zoheb Hassan, Nazia sold a staggering 60 million records and became an international name at the tender age of 13.
Nazia died of cancer in August 2000 in her early 30s.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1299893.cms   (300 words)

  
 discodewanaypage
Disco Deewane was the first album released by Nazia and Zoheb.
It was produced by Biddu, recorded at London and released in the subcontinent in 1981.
Nazia said once that no one was prepared to launch our first album, no one had trust in us but when it was released it brole all the previous music industry records.
www.geocities.com /naziahassan_zohebhassan/discodewanay.html   (91 words)

  
 A Music Fairy - Tribute to Nazia Hassan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A Music Fairy is a documentary on life of Pop Singer Late Nazia Hassan (Complete Biography) enlightens her musical achievements and life style which set the trends and gave a new path to young generation to lead their lives.
The documentary focuses on various aspects of life of Nazia Hassan.
The center of attention is basically her music achievement as well as her social life.
naziazoheb.com /doc.html   (178 words)

  
 Asians In Media magazine | Nazia Hassan Foundation: Cake And Candle Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fun and entertaining afternoon program for families “Cake and Candle” is being held under the auspices of Nazia Hassan Foundation ON September10, 2006 at the Brent Town Hall from 1.00 to 5.pm
This programme is focused on bringing children/families together from all the ethnic communities to intermingle and participate in various activities and competition.
“Nazia Hassan Award” for being “the youth of the evening.” Parents can help the young speakers to speak about community for 3 to 4 minutes, keeping the following points in mind:
www.asiansinmedia.org /events/event.php/2177/index.html   (350 words)

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