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|name=Shaheen Samad<br />
|native_name= শাহীন সামাদ<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1952|12|27|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Kushtia]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]<br />
|occupation=singer<br />
|father=Samsul Huda<br />
|mother=Shamsun Nahar Rahima Khatun<br />
|spouse=Habib Us Samad<br />
|website={{URL|shaheensamad.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Shaheen Samad''' (born 27 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi [[Nazrul Sangeet]] singer.<ref name=bio>{{citation |url=http://shaheensamad.com/biography/ |title=Shaheen Samad Biography |accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref> She was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2016 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Samad was born in [[Kushtia]] to Shamsun Nahar Rahima Khatun and Samsul Huda. She spent her childhood at [[Jalpaiguri]] mostly.<ref name=bio/> She took lessons from Ram Gopal, Fazlul Haque Mia, [[Sanjida Khatun]] and [[Ful Mohammad]]. She entered [[Chhayanaut]] at the age of 13. After coming back from London she learned singing from [[Sudhin Das]].<ref name=bio/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Samad is a former artiste of the [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]], the clandestine radio station broadcast to revolutionaries and occupied population during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="start">{{cite news |author=Ahsan |first=Syed Badrul |author-link=Syed Badrul Ahsan |date=2012-12-01 |title=1971 and the songs we sang |publisher=The Daily Star |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/1971-and-the-songs-we-sang/ |accessdate=2014-01-01}}</ref> During the Liberation War in 1971, Samad joined a cultural troupe, named ''Bangladesh Mukti Shangrami Shilpi Shangstha''. They used to travel to refugee camps and different areas in ''Mukta Anchal'', perform patriotic songs, arrange puppet shows and stage dramas to inspire the freedom fighters and people with the spirit of war.<ref name="Tareque Masud and Muktir Gaan">{{cite web |url=http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/08/15/tareque-masud-and-muktir-gaan-34708.html |title=Tareque Masud and Muktir Gaan |publisher=news.priyo.com |accessdate=2014-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213204809/http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/08/15/tareque-masud-and-muktir-gaan-34708.html |archivedate=2013-02-13 }}</ref><br />
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She completed her studies and moved to England in 1974.<br />
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==Popular culture==<br />
In 1995, Samad was featured in the documentary film [[Muktir Gaan]] Directed by [[Tareque Masud]] and [[Catherine Masud]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tarequemasud.org/films/muktirgaan/ |title=Muktir Gaan |publisher=tarequemasud.org |date= |accessdate=2014-01-01}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2016)<br />
* Bangladesh Mohila Poroshod Award (2009)<br />
* 9th North America Nazrul Conference Award (2004)<br />
* Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Award (2002)<br />
* Shetubondhon Award (2001)<br />
* Amra Surjomukhi Award (2000)<br />
* National Press Club Award (2000)<br />
* Poush Mela Award (2000)<br />
* Bangladesh Deputy High Commission Award (1999)<br />
* Bangladesh Human Rights Foundation Award (1998)<br />
* Rotary club of Shamoly Award (1997)<br />
* Dilip Kumar Ray Sotoborsho Award (1997)<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Samad is married to Habib Us Samad.<ref name="valiant">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/lifes-lyrics/shaheen-samad-valiant-singer-782737 |author=Kamal, Nashid |title=Shaheen Samad - A valiant singer |publisher=The Daily Star |date=27 February 2016 |accessdate=30 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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