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Noor Zehra
Musical artist
Noor Zehra Kazim is a Pakistani musician and Sagar Veena player. She is the daughter of lawyer and activist Raza Kazim who invented Sagar Veena - a stringed instrument similar to Vichitra veena and Chitra Veena.[1] Together with her father she runs Sanjan Nagar Institute of Philosophy and Arts, and is the only performer of Sagar Veena since its creation in 1971. With a career spanned over four decades, she has performed both domestically and internationally, achieving critical appraisal for instrument, as well as her Indian style of music being a non-Indian.
She made her Coke Studio debut in season 3 and returned in season 9,[2][3] as a part of team Noori.[4] She is the mother of Noori's lead vocalist Ali Noor and guitarist Ali Hamza.