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| Popular As | Deeyah Khan |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 47 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 7, 1977 (Oslo, Norway) |
| Birthday | August 7 |
| Town/City | Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norway |
Deeyah Khan’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Deeyah Khan was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Deeyah Khan is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director and producer best known for Banaz: A Love Story (2012), Jihad: A Story of the Others (2015) and White Right: Meeting the Enemy (2017).
Born in Norway to immigrant parents of Pashtun and Punjabi ancestry, Deeyah's experience of living between different cultures, both the beauty and the challenges, shapes her artistic vision. Her 2012 multi-award winning documentary Banaz: A Love Story chronicles the life and death of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman murdered by her family in a so-called honour killing.
Deeyah's second film, the Grierson and Bafta award-nominated Jihad, involved two years of interviews and filming with Islamic extremists, convicted terrorists and former jihadis. In her most recent Bafta-nominated film, White Right: Meeting the Enemy Deeyah sat down face-to-face with US neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
In 2016, she became the first UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity. Deeyah is also the founder of sister-hood, a digital magazine spotlighting the voices of women of Muslim heritageShe has been described by The Times of London thus: "To say Deeyah Khan is an inspiration is an understatement.
She is one of the bravest, most indomitable women... facing down bullies and extremists with intelligence and unflinching spirit."
