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An ethnic Zazai Pashtun, Y. Misdaq was born and raised in Brighton on the south coast of England. His father, Dr. Nabi Misdaq, is an eminent scholar and author on the social and political history of Afghanistan and was also head of the BBC World Service Pashto Section - which he founded - for a decade in the 1990s. His mother, Arian Misdaq, also an Afghan, is a pscyho-analyst specializing in multi-cultural counseling, working with CMHS.

Practice art to make your soul

In 2002 he began Nefisa, a somewhat amorphous arts collective which featured frequent updates and comment on creative, spiritual and political topics by Misdaq. It also featured the early work of many other artists including Julia Clark-Lowes, Daniel Cordani & MichL Britsch amongst others. Misdaq frequently used the website to comment upon immediate news-events such as the Iraq War, the 7/7 bombings of London and the Danish cartoon controversy - for which Misdaq wrote a combined short-story and article which was spread widely across the internet in the days following the initial reaction. It was similarly a small creatively-tinged hub for community action such as annual soup-drives for the homeless of the city of Brighton and anti-war marches in both Brighton and London alike.

The Kills: I Call It Art

His music debut, 'From a Western Box' (released on Nefisa UK) is described as political hip-hop fused with electronica and was relatively well-received by the underground press. A PRI radio show called 'Taking on the Taliban' also featured the title track when it aired in the usa, November 2009.