Basira Paigham is an Afghan LGBTQ activist and named one of the BBC’s 100 women of 2021 after she fled Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban to power. She is now a refugee in Ireland and has founded the first Afghan LGBTQ charity. 

Songs chosen:

Haider Salim “Een Qafela Omer Ajab Megozarad”

Ava Max “Kings & Queens”

50 Cent “In da Club”