# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zahir-howaida
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:52:21.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zahir-howaida"
name: "Zahir Howaida"
slug: "zahir-howaida"
description: "Zahir Howaida, also spelled as Zahir Huwaida, was an Afghan musician born into Hazara family in Daikundi. He had been active since the 1960s and his popularity peaked with the hit songs \"Kamar Bareek-e-Man\" and \"Shanidam Az Inja Safar Mikoni.\" Howaida was renowned for his deep, soulful voice. Almost all his songs were in the Persian language. Aside from singing, he also worked as a radio news anchor, poet, and TV actor. In his later years, he lived a secluded life in Germany and seldom performed until his death there."
tagline: "Singer (1945–2012)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-02-28"
deathDate: "2012-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.18
  momentum:             3.399433427762041
  historical:           7.283694666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1910
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gesyTJDWIbv89l3eOSrYw"
    handle:    "Zahir Howaida - Topic"
    followers: 1910
sources:
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%B8%D1%80_%D2%B2%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%BE"
    title: "Зоҳир Ҳувайдо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "زاهر هويدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahir_Howaida"
    title: "Zahir Howaida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahir_Howaida"
    title: "Zahir Howaida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ظاهر هویدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahir_Howaida"
    title: "Zahir Howaida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਜ਼ਹੀਰ ਹੂਵੈਦਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ظاهر هويدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahir_Howaida"
    title: "Zahir Howaida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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