Background
She was born in Mariwan in west of Iran.
She was born in Mariwan in west of Iran.
She finished her elementary and high school in Mariwan, and then began working as a teacher in the villages of that region.
Her family were originally from Sine. From a very early age, she was interested in music and singing, and was taking part in the local school music bands. She used to listen to the Kurdish music programs broadcast from Radio Baghdad, and in this way she got to know famous Kurdish singers such as Meryem Xan, Nesrîn Şêrwan, Eyşe Şan and Gulbihar.
In 1977, she started working with the music band of Sine.
In the same year, she was arrested for her involvements in the Iranian Revolution by the Pahlavi regime. In 1980, she joined the peshmerga forces of Komala, and formed another music band named Korî Bangewaz.
She recorded several songs in this period, among them Silaw bo Pêşmerge (Hello Peshmerga), Giyanekem bo asmanî şîn (My life for the Blue sky), Maçî Xudayî and Payîz. She produced her first work in exile in 1994, and her songs were also broadcast on the Kurdish satellite television Medical television In the Kurdish satellite network of Medya television, she presented a program on women"s rights called Jîlemo.
On different cultural occasions, she presented her work alongside other Kurdish female singers such as Gulistan Perwer and Beser Şahîn.
She died on September 18, 2005 at the age of 47 after a surgery in Sweden. Lyrics of Merzîye Ferîqî"s music and songs can be found at the Kurdish Lyric Archive Bêjebêje.
