Chopy Fatah

Chopy Shakir Fatah (; born June 10, 1983) is a contemporary Kurdish singer.

Career Her family emigrated to the Netherlands in 1988. She released her debut album, Çît Naw Binêm, in 2003. After moving there, she joined a choir school in 1990 and a music school in 1996. There, she specialised in singing under the guidance of her teachers. In 1999, she studied at the Kurdish Music Academy in Germany with Wirya Ahmad. She performed on stage for the first time in The Hague in 2000. To date, Chopy has released five Kurdish music albums and three English singles: "Draw the Line", "My Homeland", and "Think of Me".

Chopy has been interviewed by many Kurdish and Iraqi newspapers and magazines, as well as by newspapers from Turkey (Habertürk), Dutch newspapers Algemeen Dagblad, NRC Next, Trouw, Nederlands Dagblad and the Italian weekly women's fashion and celebrity gossip magazine Grazia. The Dutch current affairs TV programmes EénVandaag and Goudmijn made reports about Chopy's life. She has also performed in Jörgen Raymanns TV show 'Zo Raymann' (Raymanns Suikerfeest).

In 2008, Chopy became the cultural ambassador for Asiacell Telecom. One of Iraq's leading telecommunications companies, Asiacell has over 9 million subscribers nationwide. Consequently, thousands of Chopy billboards were placed around Iraq.

She has performed in Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Greece, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates. According to the Turkish newspaper Habertürk, she is one of the most famous Kurdish pop singers in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Thousands of her CDs have been sold around the world. She is well known across different parts of Kurdistan because she sings in both Sorani and Kurmanji Kurdish, which is a remarkable achievement. She has performed in various locations throughout Kurdistan, including Diyarbakır (Amed), Batman, Erbil (Hawler), Qamishlo, Sulaymaniyah and Van.

Chopy was one of the first singers to perform in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall off Saddam's dictatorship. Chopy stated that she did so because of her love for her hometown and her many fans (according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad). Many of Chopy Fatah's concerts and music events have been attended by important Iraqi and Kurdish politicians like the President of the Republic of Iraq, Jalal Talabani and the president of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani.

Chopy supported in 2009 the Democratic Society Party DTP (the current BDP Peace and Democracy Party) by sending an official letter to its leader Ahmet Türk where she explained that she will do everything in her power to support the peaceful solution of the Kurdish issue in Turkey (North-Kurdistan). “As a Kurdish artist I want to show my support to the solution of the Kurdish question in North-Kurdistan (Southeast Turkey).” Chopy said she is willing to give free concerts in Diyarbakır (Amed), Cizîr, Batman and other cities to support peace. Chopy was one of the Kurdish singers that held concerts in Iraqi Kurdistan to raise money for the Kurdish victims of the Van earthquake that struck the city in southeastern Turkey in October 2011 (2011 Van earthquake). On 21 March 2013 she held a performance in the Turkish Kurdistani city of Diyarbakır (Amed) in front of 2 million people to support peace and freedom for the Kurds in Turkey.

In October 2013 Chopy was chosen to be the Kurdish flag bearer for the One Young World Summit' in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Kurdish flag was for the first time hoisted at the event, alongside flags of 190 other countries attending the summit.

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Discography

2003 – Çît Naw Binêm 02. Siya Cemane 03. Legel Xem 04. Yara Min 05. Le Mehzunan 06. Xosewistekem 07. Hevala Min 08. Xemi Duri 09. Seydayi

2007 – Nawit Denem Jino 01. Gwe Nagirim 02. Serbesti 03. Hedi Hedi 04. Bimbexse 05. Xak 06. Isqa Mezin 07. De Birro 08. Zistani Ruhh 09. Day Wele Nabe, Semame 10. Ere Bazo, Neki 11. Be Soz 12. Grftar 13. Kirkuk

2010 – Crystal 01. Hewilmede 02. Kiristal 03. Be tu nagem 04. Disan 05. Eshqe diwar ninin 06. Meysharewe 07. Mire peyvan 08. Ho ew kesey

2011 – Şara 01. Le Paş Mergim 02. Nemam 03. Lanik Jînan 04. Beqûrban 05. Sefer 06. Nemirdim Min 07. Ehmedî Mala Mûsa 08. Evînê 09. Le Derîyawe 10. Loy Nemayîme 11. Lawkê Metînê 12. Bûlbûl Exwênê

2012 – Baran 01. Awir Dewe 02. Baran 03. Wenegir 04. Diltengiyekanim 05. Tirsi Mergawi 06. Rojgar 07. Yar 08. Xweneri Tenya 09. Diro 10. Baran (Unplugged Version)

2017 – Bnar 01. To Siareki 02. Lem Ziz Mebe (Zana Remix) 03. Be Yadi Towe 04. Hat U Cu 05. Heqi Xote 06. Bot Nusiwm 07. Copi 08. Barana 09. Dem Ewareye 10. Tube Bit 11. Lem Ziz Mebe 12. Daya Gian (Dillin Hoox Collab) 13. Copi (Renas Miran Remix)

Singles 01. Think of me 02. Draw the line 03. My Homeland