# Shakeeb Hamdard

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{{short description|Singer from Afghanistan}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Shakeeb Hamdard
| background       = solo_singer
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| native_name      = شکیب همدرد
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| birth_name       = Ahmad Shakeeb
| alias            = Ahmad Shakeeb<br>Shakeeb
| birth_date       = {{birth year and age|1984}}
| birth_place      = Chahar Deh, [Kabul, Afghanistan](/source/Kabul%2C_Afghanistan)
| origin           = [Hazaristan](/source/Hazaristan), Afghanistan
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| genre            = [Pop](/source/Popular_music), [Folk](/source/Folk_music)
| occupation       = Singer
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| years_active     = 2005–present
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'''Shekeb Hamdard''' ({{langx|fa|شكیب همدرد}}), born as '''Ahmad Shekeb''', is a well-known singer from [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan). He is ethnically [Hazara](/source/Hazara_people) and currently continues his music career in the United States. He is the first winner of ''[Afghan Star](/source/Afghan_Star_(TV_series))'', a reality TV show in Afghanistan.

== Early life ==
He migrated to [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan) at an early age due to the civil war. After the [September 11 attacks](/source/September_11_attacks), under the new Afghan government, he returned and joined [Habibia High School](/source/Habibia_High_School) of Kabul.<ref name="VirtualAf">{{cite web | url=http://www.virtualafghans.com/music/shekeb_hamdard/shekeb_hamdard_bio.asp | title=Biography of Shakeeb Hamdard | publisher=Virtual Afghans | accessdate=April 30, 2012 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Hamdard's musical career started after he won the first-ever musical reality TV show in 2005. The ''[Afghan Star](/source/Afghan_Star_(TV_series))'' is the Afghan version of [American Idol](/source/American_Idol) which is broadcast by [Tolo TV](/source/Tolo_TV) with the financial support of [Roshan Telecommunications](/source/Roshan_(telco)). After the show, a super hit single ''Gul Dana Dana'' was on market by Shakeeb Hamdard. Later, he signed up with ''Bardburd Music'' which released his first album ''Mashallah''.<ref name="VirtualAf"/>

== Personal life ==
He lives in [Jacksonville](/source/Jacksonville), Florida, United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instantcheckmate.com/people/ahmad-hamdard/|title=Ahmad Hamdard – 3 Public Records Found|website=instantcheckmate.com|access-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref> Shakeeb Hamdard belongs to [Hazara](/source/Hazara_people) ethnic group.

== Discography ==
* 2007: ''Mashallah''

== See also ==
* [Afghan Star](/source/Afghan_Star_(TV_series))
* [List of Hazara people](/source/List_of_Hazara_people)

== References ==
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Category:1984 births
Category:Living people
Category:Hazara singers
Category:Entertainers from Kabul
Category:Persian-language Afghan singers
Category:Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
Category:21st-century Afghan male singers
Category:American people of Hazara descent
Category:Afghan expatriates in the United States

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