Fazal Rabi - Mamonai aw Sher Alam dastaan video

A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The pashto folk singer Fazal-e-Rabi son of Sher Dil Baba was born in mohallah Amo Khel (Turo-Mardan, Pukhtunkhwa) in 1936. He had a brother named Ghulam Nabi and a sister; only the sister is still alive. Fazal-e-Rabi had 8th grade formal education; he could not pursue further education because at that time Turo did not have high while his family could not afford to send him to a high school in Mardan. Still Fazal-e-Rabi managed to obtain religious education at Jamiat-ul-Abrar (an Islamic seminary), Turo. Fazal-e-Rabi was married twice; he had a son (named Maskin Jan) and a daughter from the first marriage, and 3 sons (Irfan Kamal, Umer Farooq, and Mudasir) from the second marriage. The eldest son (Maskin Jan) and the daughter are primary school teachers whereas Irfan Kamal works at Radio station Peshawar as music librarian. Irfan Kamal is the only son who chose to follow his fathers footsteps. He sings and writes poetry and is keenly interested in Pashto music. Fazal-e-Rabi developed interest in singing early on while he was a primary school student. He would often sing Naats and national anthems and secured a 100 rupees prize once for his excellent performance. Note that 100 rupees was considered a huge sum of money during the early 1940s. It was, however, during a wedding ceremony that Fazal-e-Rabbis bond with Pashto music was established. Recalling the momentous occasion, Fazal-e-Rabi said that while he was sleeping in a hurja he heard sitar (a 3 ...