# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahwash
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:10:20.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahwash"
name: "Mahwash"
slug: "mahwash"
description: "Ustad Farida Mahwash ; is an Afghan singer and voice of Afghanistan. She was the first woman to have been conferred the honorary title of \"Ustad\" in 1977. She currently lives in Fremont, California, US; and tours the world with her latest ensemble, \"Voices of Afghanistan\"."
tagline: "Afghan singer"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.42
  momentum:             1.587253326383761
  historical:           7.284990666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3963179"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "ماهواش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahwash"
    title: "Mahwash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahwash"
    title: "Mahwash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahwash"
    title: "Mahwash"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "مهوش (خواننده افغان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "مهوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "مهوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9c3cacda-ab03-4722-8f11-450bc6a7ebc1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656087"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump