Kurdish singer Helly Luv to 'Risk it All' despite death threats

July 16 2014 00:51:43

Kurdish singer Helly Luv to 'Risk it All' despite death threats

ARBIL - Reuters

Kurdish pop star Helly Luv poses in front of Kurdish Peshmerga troops at a base in Dohuk in this July 5, 2014 picture provided by Kawin Cihad Tahlavi and made available to Reuters on July 8, 2014. The singer says she will not be put off by death threats from Iraqi Islamist militants since release of her first music video but, drawing on its title, insists she will "Risk It All" to help a push for an independent Kurdistan. REUTERS/Kawin Cihad Tahlavi/Handout via Reuters

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