Ahmad Morid
| مريد Morid | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ahmad Morid |
| Born |
October 14, 1956 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Genres | Soft rock, pop, Arabesque |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, politician |
| Instruments | Harmonium |
| Years active | 1975–1982 |
| Labels | Music of Afghanistan, Ariana Records, Music Center |
Ahmad Morid (Persian: احمد مريد) popular as Morbid (October 14, 1956) is an Afghan veteran singer of Afghanistan's music golden era of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is credited to be the only singer to have rivaled, at the zenith of his career, the popularity of Ahmad Zahir.
Ahmad Morid comes from a prominent family in Kabul and grew up among eight siblings, three sisters and five brothers. He is the youngest of five brothers. In his childhood, Ahmad was fascinated by the music and loved the music. Already in kindergarten, "Shir Joije" he sang in the choir group, which was conducted under the supervision of Ustad Gholam Hussein Khan and Ustad Nazar Nataki (father of the famous Baba-e-Musiqi). Later, Ahmad Morid attended primary school and secondary school, high school, "Habibiya Kabul. In 1971 he also attended the secondary school of music. There Ahmad learned to play on the harmonium, which turned out later to be crucial for his music. He also honed his vocal skills and properly supervised by his teacher, Ustad Salim Sarmast. After his additional musical training Ahmad Morid was more often on the stage and enjoyed a steadily increasing popularity. After schooling Ahmad Morid got the job as a civil servant in the "Radio Afghanistan." Already at that time, he attracted the attention of many people and it was not long until the young Ahmad was given permission for regular appearances on radio. In 1975 he sang for the first time in the "Radio Afghanistan" and its popularity spread like wildfire. The first song composed for him Rasanen Ustad Nainawas entitled: "Sitaragan bochanet ba Aseman Rasanen Awase Qalb mara ba khakashan. Later sing Ahmad Zahir, Afghanistan's most famous singers, this song and finally took it up at Afghan music. " That same year, Ahmad Morid composed two other songs. The first song with the lyrics of Hafez: "har giz as Jaad man on Sarwe Cheraman narawat har giz as Mehreen tu as lahe dil-o-jan narawat. After the second song came on the market with its own text: "mina biya maye ye be one." The success of this song is still being felt today, and depends significantly with the rise Morid career. With these two songs Ahmad Morid gained nationwide fame. Finally, he devoted himself entirely to music and gave up his official activity. Under the government of Taraki and Amin, he came in 1979, like thousands of other people also go to prison. There he was sentenced to death by the anti-democratic government. He sat for eight months in prison, waiting for his death. Ahmad Morid but also put away in captivity, his artistic activity. He stuck to his guns, and wrote many songs in prison. Thus, for example, the famous song "hagar dam dam masanet yaran masanet" and "ISQ-o-Gonaiye Watan" created on death row and were taken after his release. After eight months Morid Ahmad was released, and got even in the same year the lucrative post as music director of the Afghan television. He could not long to enjoy his regained freedom, because only a few time later, was perpetrated on him during a concert an attack, but this was unsuccessful. Several Islamic militants with machine guns stormed the concert hall and opened fire. Ahmad Morid escaped, however, but had to leave his homeland. The flight from the former Soviet Afghanistan led Morid to Moscow. From 1980 to 1988 he studied in the Russian capital, law and graduated successfully. Even in Moscow, Ahmad Morid remained musically active, and gave many concerts. He also won at the time the biggest festival of the Soviet Union for Asian satellite states, the International Voice of Asia ", the first place. In the years to Morid was not settled and lived temporarily in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. In Tajikistan, he was married and father of two children, a girl and a boy. Finally Morid Ahmad fled to Germany. He settled in Heidelberg and in 2007 moved to Munich. Morid regularly gives concerts in various cities in Germany but also abroad. To give His biggest dream, however, as he put it himself: "Even a concert in Kabul," was until now not been met.