'Showing the truth': Kurdish pop star takes on ISIS with beauty, song
Shes been likened to Shakira and Lady Gaga, but Helly Luv, the Kurdish pop star who is using her striking beauty and vocal talents to tell the world about her people's fearless fight against ISIS, is an original.The 26-year-old sensation whose real name is Helen Abdulla sings about war, dead bodies and revolutions, but her grim subject matter is aimed at promoting peace through victory over the black-clad terrorist army and ultimately, an independent state for Kurdistan. In Risk it All, the video of which has more than four million hits on YouTube, a midriff-baring Luv dances as she sings, Put your guns up in the air; your guns up in the air.I knew I wanted to be an artist, but as a kid, I never had a role model who was Kurdish and internationally known, so I basically became that. Im just showing the truth, and trust me, Im not even showing it as bad as it is, Luv told FoxNews.com in an interview from the Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Iraq Kurds refer to as their land. People forget that this is the most horrific terror group in all of history, so I have to show the reality of the situation.Born in Iran in 1988, Luv moved to Finland as a young child. But her family roots - her mother and grandfather were Peshmerga fighters - shaped her cultural and political sensibilities even as she honed her musical talent. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/07/22/kurdish-pop-star-takes-on-isis-with-beauty-song/?intcmp=latestnews
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