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Shabana Mehryar (Persian مژده جمالزاده; born 6 April 1983 in Kabul, Afghanistan‎‎) also known as Shabana, is an Afghan singer, songwriter and television personality born into an artist family. She entered the Afghan music industry in 2010. She sings both in Pashto and Dari and lives in Hanover, Germany. Her parents, Sultan Ghazal Rahim Mehryar and Mashale Taranum Khanum Parasto were counted as one of the most popular musical duos in the late 1980s. . Her mother, Parasto is known as the Torch of Melody and her father, Rahim Mehryar is recognized as the best ghazal singer.

Early Life
Ever since Shabana Mehryar was a child she wanted to be a famous singer. Shabana Mehryar was 8 years old when her family flee Afghanistan to escape the civil war, and immigrated to Hanover, Germany where she still lives today with her mother and siblings. . Shabana was born and raised in a family of musicians, as a young girl she grew up listening to beautiful afghan melodies. Shabana always knew that she wanted to follow the footsteps of her famous mother Parasto, who was not supportive of her daughter’s interest in music because of societal expectations in Afghanistan. In an interview with Asad Badie on October, 2016, Parasto claims that she was against her daughters musical career. . Following her father's death from brain cancer in Germany on June 23, 2010, Shabana Mehryana started her musical career to continue the legacy of her family. At a young age, her father exposed Shabana to musical instruments like guitar, piano, and violin.

Career
Shabana Mehryar started her singing career at 2010. Her first duo song with Khaled Kayhan, Dukhtar Tajik introduced to the afghans her astonishing vocal talent. . Shabana’s career started by performing at small functions with renowned singers from the music industry. Shabana’s first commercial success came with the song, Gusha Guram with Abdullah Rahman, which was based on a love story inspired by Romeo and Juliet. That song garnered her immense fame in Afghanistan and Iran, as well as Farsi speaking diasporas living elsewhere. Shabana’s popularity arose after a duet song with Qais Ulfat called Gar Jahan was performed in American Television Network (ATN) 2016 award. In 2015, her song Qadaram Nadanad was nominated as the best single of the year in the American Television Network (ATN) 2016 Award. . On January 29, 2016 Shabana Mehryar made an appearence on a television show, Delnawaz.

Controversy
Parasto, a famous singer and the mother of Shabana Mehryar had made inappropriate remarks in a television show about Aryana Sayeed, a popular Afghan singer in front of a large audience. Aryana Sayeed is an Afghan singer, songwriter, and a TV personality. Shabana endorsed her mother's remarks and used abusive language on a public platform against the Afghan singer. Shortly after this, the commentaries were deleted and the matter was put to rest. .