Zadîna Şakir: The base of Kurdish culture

Zadîna Şakir, who dedicated her life to Kurdish art and culture, composed and sang many songs.

News Center- Zadîna Şakir was born in 1943 to a Caucasian Yazidi Kurdish family. She rose against backwardness. Even if her family and society were against her love for an Armenian man, she decided to follow her love. Her family and friends didn’t support her because she rose against her society’s reactionary traditions. Sûsika Simo could get married to an Armenian man but Zadîna Şakir had to end her love story with that young Armenian man.

She met many celebrities

Zadîna Şakir lived in the Soviet Union during a period that is known as the “Golden Age of Art” and was important for the development of Kurdish culture. She met many celebrities such as Sûsika Simo, Fatma Îsa, Egîdê Têcir, Şeroyê Biro, Belga Qado, Eslika Qadir, Kubara Xido, Gerabête Xaço, Bêmalê Keko and Reşîdê Baso. Whenever she took the stage and sang her songs, she became famous and her voice spread across the Soviet Union. Zadîna Şakir formed a musical group along with Egîdê Cimo, known as “kavalın miri (the master of kaval)” and the musical groups performed in many concerts across the Soviet Union. People began to call Radio Yerevan and demanded to listen to the songs of Zadîna Şakir. Thereupon, the Radio Yerevan invited her to its station. She went to the radio station and sang her songs. Her several songs were recorded by the radio.

Some of her songs are: “Dêra Sorê Biçûkê”, “Emer Axa”, “Eman”, “Deşt û Zozan”, “Hesenîko”, “Lawikê Metînî”, “Menal” and “Dê were”.

Like other Kurdish artists, Zadîna Şakir also spent her by keeping Kurdish art and culture alive. She died in 2008. But her voice and songs are still listened by Kurds.

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