“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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A short film has been made by Ursula Winkler, a well-known German journalist. Some footage of Darya is combined with the song “Mesaazamat” from Darya’s latest album. You can view this clip here.
In October, some films which are also created by German journalists will be aired on ZDF, German television, in which Darya also appears.

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Let me remind you guys, today is Farhad Darya’s birthday.
We all wish him a long and happy life and many, many more birthdays to come so we can be proud of having such an artist around, all the time!

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Overall tour list 2008:
- October 4th. Birmingham, UK
- October 5th. London, UK
- October 11th. Hamburg, Germany
- October 12th. Essen, Germany
- October 19th. Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- November 1st. Munich, Germany (altered)

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