Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer Arooj Aftab was born in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 11, 1985. The Grammy Award she received in 2022
for Best World Music Performance made her the first Pakistani artist in history
to win the award. Born of Pakistani parents, she was born in Saudi Arabia before
her family returned to Pakistan at the age of 10. Influenced by Indian artists
such as Hariprasad Chaurasia and Begum Akhtar, as well as Western artists such
as Mariah Carey and Billie Holiday, she became one of the first Pakistani
artists to use the Internet to promot...