page_title: Mazhar Khaleqi
section_title: Kurdish identity
hierarchical_section_title: Mazhar Khaleqi / Kurdish identity
caption_attribution_description: فارسی: شێرکۆ بێکەس و مەزھەر خالقی لە پاڵ یەکتردا English: Sherko Bekas and Mazhar Xaliqi together
context_page_description: Mazhar Khaleghi is a Kurdish singer of Iran's Kurdistan region, famous for his folklore Kurdish music. He currently resides in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: In reply to a question on how the Kurds can achieve their cultural and political rights within the four countries with a Kurdish population — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — Khaliqi said, 
  “Given globalization, it is inevitable that there would be compromises. I do not mean in political terms, but in art and culture. We should not let our traditions fade away in the globalized world. On the contrary, we should use globalization and technology to take our music and our culture beyond the Middle East.”
caption: Mazhar Khaleqi and Sherko Bekas
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