Meryem Xan (* 1904 in Dêrgol, Şırnak Province , Ottoman Empire ; † 1949 in Baghdad , Iraq ) was a Kurdish singer ( Dengbêj ).
Meryem Xan came from the village of Dêrgol in the extreme southeast of Turkey on the Syrian and Iraqi borders in the historic Botan region . She is considered to be one of the few classical female Dengbêj in an otherwise male-dominated Kurdish music scene in the first half of the 20th century. Her songs, of which are known more than 200 were, spread primarily by Radio Baghdad, which had been founded in the 1939th After World War Xan first went to Syria until then after 1924 Zaxo went to northern Iraq. After a short stopover in Mosul in 1936 , she moved to live with relatives in Baghdad. She worked for Radio Baghdad for many years, where she met many other Kurdish artists. In addition to her own songs, Xan collected folk songs which she then performed on the radio. In 1949 she died of complications from kidney disease and was buried in Baghdad.
Songs (selection)
Helim
Weyla is a stranger to me
Lorke lorke
The flower wey nar wey nar
Hey berde berde
But so be it
The flowers are green
Roman Mi .emed
But emo
But mother
But riding
Oh dear
Weblinks
Who is the musician Meryem Xan? mehmetayaz.blogspot.de, 3rd März 2010[1].