Nasir Razazi is a Kurdish singer born in 1955 in the city of Sina in Eastern Kurdistan, Iran. He comes from a family of 11, having 4 brothers and 4 sisters. His father was a tailor, who Nasir used to help after school during his childhood.
He developed interest in music from a young age, and he would spend his time in coffee shops and tea places to listen to Kurdish singers on their gramophones and radios.
At the age of 6 he started going to elementary school in Sina, and alongside his schoolwork, against his will and following his fathers wishes, he started to learn Quran from a Mullah in their neighbourhood.
After graduating with diploma in literature, he got a job an elementary school teacher in a village between Sina and Mariwan known as Bzan. He never got to start his job due to the revolution in Iran and Kurdistan, and as a Kurdish singer he was put in prison.
After his release from prison, he left for the mountains to become Peshmarga with his wife Marzia and two children Dilnia and Mardin.
He has participated in the Kurdish struggle both as a fighter and a singer, writing many national and political songs and anthems.
After he left the Peshmarga in the 1990s, he left Kurdistan with his family to Sweden to seek asylum, where they stayed as refuges. Their third child named Kardo was born in Sweden.
Nasir Razazi has released 7 CD albums. In addition to being a singer, he is also a writer and has published 5 books, and has translated a few.
Due to his many travels both within Kurdistan, and through the world, and due to his work in the Peshmarga, is very skilled in the Kurdish language, and can sing in the following Kurdish dialects: Hawrami, Kalhori, Kurmanji, and Sorani.
He has participated in the following festivals and galas:
1. A convention for Kurds in Geneva 1990.
2. Womad festival in Hamburg (Weltbeat) 1991.
3. World Root Festival in Netherlands 1992.
4. Sacred Voices festival in London 2000.
5. A conference on history of Kurdish music 2000.[1][2]