OK, some interesting news; probably for the first time ever, an Afghan artist is performing in Greece. Namely, Farhad Darya. The concert is on the 28th of March (this month) in celebration of nawroz and takes place in the city of Athen. Details;

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Ghafoor Lewaal who is one of Darya’s recent friends and a respected poet who writes poems in Pashto recently gave an interview with BBC Pashto along with Farhad Darya. Ghafoor Lewaal is associated with Darya lately due to his lyrics in Darya’s latest two albums. Both in HA! and Yaahoo, Darya used…

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Farhad Darya was a special guest at Afghanstar in which eight performers prepared and performed his songs on Tolo TV. Host Daoud Sediqi was in the United States for a very special trip – Afghan Star has attracted much interest from around the world and he will be appearing live on next week’s show from Utah…

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“in an effort to recognize the efforts and work of one of Afghanistan most beloved artists in the year 2008, VirtualAfghans.com has chosen Farhad Darya the 2008 artist of the Year. Mr. Darya had one of the most incredible year of his music career to date with the release of two beautiful and hit albums: HA! and Yaahoo in which he introduced his fans…”

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An Afghan family in the United States became parents to a twin; a son and a daughter. They named the boy Farhad and the girl Darya. Click to see a picture of the twin…

After two CD releases this year, we also got a taste of Darya’s tour at the end of the year. The tour started off in Birmingham on October the 4th and then moved towards London on October the 5th, Hamburg on October the 11th, Essen on October the 12th, and finally for the first time in Dushanbe on October the 19th…

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Darya’s latest interview with BBC is posted on BBC Persian’s website. The interview is both in video as well as audio format. The interview contains some information on his tour and latest album. Furthermore, questions are asked by his listeners from around the world.

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