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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zofeen T Ebrahim in Hyderabad

Resistance rappers: the Pahnji Gang raging against the machine in Pakistan

Sindhi Chhokri (Urooj Fatima), 22, and Toxic Sufi (Mohammad Kapri), 18, who perform as the Pahnji Gang.
Sindhi Chhokri (Urooj Fatima), 22, and Toxic Sufi (Mohammad Kapri), 18, who perform as the Pahnji Gang. Photograph: Handout

Deep in Pakistan’s countryside, Sindhi Chhokri and her teenage brother Toxic Sufi are raising a few eyebrows.

Under the banner the Pahnji Gang, the siblings have also been finding an audience for their rap music in rural Sindh. “Growing up, it was hard to navigate past a string of unsaid things that did not seem right. And when we did, we would be reprimanded by the village elders,” says Sindhi Chhokri, real name Urooj Fatima, speaking from her village in Yaqoob Kapri, near Jhuddo city.

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