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nSofia Ashraf isna young and beautiful Tamil singer and rapper. Unlike other rappers of thisngeneration, Sofia is using her popularity and stardom for some causes ofnsociety. She has always tried to make general masses aware of impending socialnand environmental issues through her performances. For example, her novelnattempt to ignite people against Dow Chemicals drew wide appreciation. Itnshould be noted that Dow Chemicals, an American Company has bought UnionnCarbide which was responsible for Bhopal Gas Tragedy leading to death ofnthousands of people.
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nSofia is againnin news this time for her rap song against none other than Sasikala, thendesignated Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. There is no denying that Sasikala hasnusurped power of AIADMK after the unfortunate demise of Jayalalitha.
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nProfile of SofianAshraf
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nSofia Ashraf wasnborn in 1987 in Chennai in an orthodox Muslim family. Her initial education wasnas per sharia, which later turned into Convent education. After schooling, shentook admission in Stella Maris College, Chennai from where she had completednGraphic Design Course. During her college days, Ashraf started to take part innextra curriculur activities. She became quite famous for her singing ability.nHer performance on the stage wearing a hijab and questioning the people aroundnthe world for their attitude towards Muslim post 9/11 got wide recognition. AnTamil news channel referred to her as ‘The Burqa Rapper’ at that time.
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nAshraf joinednOgilvy and Mather (O&M) as a Creative Supervisor. She continued to work onnstage as a rapper apart from giving her time to this advertising giant. Innfact, the executive chairman of O&M Mr. Piyush Pandey was quite impressednwith her ability. When she resigned, Pandey personally tried to persuade her toncontinue working for the firm, but she refused. She wanted to concentratenwholly for her career as a rapper.
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nBoyfriend ofnSofia Ashraf
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nThe age of SofianAshraf is now 29 years. Naturally, people want to know more and more about hernpersonal life. Unfortunately, we could not find any information about hernrelationship status. If you know something about her relationship status,nplease leave a comment for future readers.
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