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FARHAD DARYA
A singer, composer, philanthropist, peace and child rights activist, Farhad Darya has been the most influential and prominent musician in Afghanistan since the mid-80s.
After the collapse of the Taliban, the restoration of freedom announced by Radio Afghanistan in November 13, 2001 awoke the city with Darya’s hit song “KABUL JAN” and broke the five-year silence of music. In 2004, he threw a historical concert at Kabul Stadium where the Taliban executed Afghan citizens. The concert was recognized as “ONE OF THE 50 GREATEST MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD MUSIC” by “SONGLINES” world’s leading magazine devoted to the field of world music. To introduce him to the non-Afghan audience, Western media calls him “AFGHAN ELVIS” and “THE VOICE OF THE AFGHAN NATION.”
He has been designated as GOODWILL AMBASSADOR to SAARC - SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION to fighting AIDS (2018), SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL - SCI (2015-2019), GOIRA for BREAST CANCER (2017), GOIRA for INVEST IN AFGHANISTAN - IIA (2015), UNODC for DRUG AND CORRUPTION (2010), UNDP for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2008), and many other international institutions.
Darya has received numerous national and international titles and awards, including “AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE” by Universal Peace Federation, “PEACE HERO” by Peace Museum in Austria, “PERSON OF THE YEAR” by the Radio Free Europe, “HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD”, “SINGER OF THE YEAR”, “GOLD AWAD”, “MUSIC LEGEND”, and various others.
