Deeyah (Pashto:ډیا Urdu: دیا, pronounced [d̪iːaː]; (born August 7, 1977 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian singer, music producer, composer, film maker and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. She adopted the name Deeyah in 2002. She is often called the “Muslim Madonna”,  a term coined by the British press tabloid The Sun.