Roya Faryabi is a Germany-based engineer. She is the third wife of popular singer Adnan Sami Khan.
Wiki/Biography
Roya Sami Khan was born on 16 September in Afghanistan. Her zodiac sign is Virgo. In 2006, she graduated from Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University) in Ankara, Turkey.
A childhood picture of Roya Sami Khan with her father
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 6″
Weight (approx.): 55 kg
Hair Colour: Medium Ash Blonde (with Medium Blonde highlights)
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Body Measurements (approx.): 32-28-32
Family
She belongs to an Afghan family in Germany.
Parents & Siblings
Roya’s father, Late Iftikhar Fariyabi, was a retired diplomat and army general. Her mother’s name is Naureen Sami Khan.
A picture of Roya Faryabi’s father
A picture of Roya Faryabi’s mother
She has four sisters named Friba Faryabi, Nadjila Faryabi, Hassin Faryabi, and Selina Faryabi. Her sister Selina Faryabi is a Canada-based realtor, and her sister Hassin Faryabi attended Rabia-e Balkhi High School in Kabul.
A photo of Hassin Faryabi
A picture of Roya Sami Khan’s sister Nadjila Faryabi
(From left to right); Friba Faryabi, Adnan Sami Khan, and Roya Sami Khan
A picture of Selina Faryabi
Husband & Children
On 29 January 2010, Roya Faryabi got married to Adnan Sami Khan, a renowned Indian music composer & director and Padma Shri awardee. He first met Roya in India during her visit in 2010 and proposed to her after some time. On 10 May 2017, the couple conceived a daughter and named her Medina Sami Khan.
Roya Faryabi with her husband and daughter
Religion
She follows Islam.
Career
Telecommunication Engineer
From October 1999 to January 2008, Roya worked at Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, a mobile telecommunication company, in Munich. There, she handled several positions including as an international roaming engineer, IR specialist, and product manager. She was a member of the GSM Association IREG group and represented the company as a delegate at several conferences. In 2001, she became the chairman of the Signaling Working Group in GSMA. Dealing with International Roaming Service
• Dealing with all Carriers ( Signaling, Voice, GRX )
• International Roaming Technical support (IREG)
• Writing PRDs and Procedures for International Roaming
• Project Management coordination with other departments for all International Roaming related projects.
• International Roaming partners core network implementation.
• Managing purchasing and RFQ processes for International Roaming related projects.
• International Roaming GSM IR24, GPRS IR35, CAMEL IR32&IR60 and 3G testing.
• MMS Interworking Implementation, testing and troubleshooting.
• Managing MMS Hubs contracts and relations.
• SIGTRAN, IP networking and GRX configuration and management.
• International Roaming Network troubleshooting
• International SS7 Signaling link management, monitoring and t
In 2009, she became a project manager at Tekelec, a telecommunication company.
Controversy
In 2010, Adnan and Roya were living in an apartment in Lokhandwala Complex, which technically belonged to Adnan’s second wife, Sabah. After Sabah found out that her ex-husband was residing with her new wife at her house, she filed a complaint against Adnan under the Protection of Women from the Domestic Violence Act of 2005. Shortly after this, Roya received orders from the family court in which she was asked to leave the apartment. In an interview, while talking about this situation, Roya said,
I’ve been taught by my parents that wherever my husband stays is where I belong.”
Adnan defended his wife Roya while challenging the Family Court order and said,
No one can ask any wife to leave her husband’s home. How would Sabah have liked it if my first wife Zeba Bakhtiar asked her to leave.”
Facts/Trivia
- She has a black belt in Taekwondo.
- Roya revealed in an interview that she is fluent in nine languages including German, Pashto, English, Türkçe, Urdu, Punjab, Czech, and Hindi.
- Along with consuming non-vegetarian food, Roya also likes to cook meat-based food.
A screenshot of food items cooked by Roya Sami Khan
- Roya is a travel enthusiast and often shares photos and videos from her trips on social media.
- Roya said in an interview that she bought Adnan Sami’s music CD from an Indian store in Germany in 1993 and listened to every song and ended up fangirling over him.
- She went to see Adnan Sami perform in 2005, and after seeing how much weight he had gained, she prayed to Allah requesting to be Adnan’s beloved and making a pledge to take care of him.
- She is a fitness enthusiast and often shares his fitness regimen on social media.
- In 2012, Roya became a muse in Adnan Sami’s song ‘Roya.’