Pakistani-American Urdu Singer Arooj Aftab Wins Grammy For "Mohabbat"
Pakistani-American singer Arooj Aftab's rendition of “Mohabbat” won the prize for Best Global Music Performance at the 2022 Grammys. The Brooklyn based singer won the category ahead of Femi Kuti (“Pà Pá Pà”), Wizkid and Tems (“Essence”), Angélique Kidjo and Burna Boy (“Do Yourself”) and Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo (“Blewu”). The lyrics of "Mohabbat", part of her album "Vulture Prince", go like this: "mohabbat karne vaale kam na hoñge/ tirī mahfil meñ lekin ham na hoñge ". It is a ghazal originally written by Hafeez Hoshiarpuri. محبت کرانیوالی کم نا ہونگے تیری محفل میں لیکن ہَم نا ہونگے محبت کرانیوالی کم نا ہونگے زمانے بھر كے غم یا اک تیرا غم یہ غم ہو گا تو کتنے غم نا ہونگے Pakistani-American Urdu Singer Arooj Aftab Wins Grammy. Source: Yahoo News “I think I’m gonna faint. Wow thank you so much. I feel like this category in and of itself has been so insane,” Arooj said, accepting her award at the Grammy Award 2022 show in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Burna B...