Farhad Darya

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Farhad Darya was born in the Guzargah section of Kabul to Pashtun father and Tajik mother from Kunduz.[2] Farhad's lineage can be traced to the Nashir Khans. Darya attended Sher Khan High School in North Afghanistan, which was named after his grandfather. He started his first band by the name of Nayestan, meaning Reed-bed. He later graduated from Habibia High School.[citation needed] After high school he enrolled in the Polytechnical University of Kabul and then subsequently in Kabul University. It was while attending Kabul University that Darya founded his first professional band, Goroh-e-Baran, meaning Rain Band. Initially it was to be called Halqahai Tilayee (Golden Rings) but the newcomers later settled on the former title.[citation needed] The band itself was not largely successful, due in part to its non-traditional music; however, it did acquaint the public with the faces of the member singers: Darya, Asad Badie, Mukhtar Majid and Jawid Rahie.[citation needed] Still involved in his music career, Darya continued his studies in college. During this time, he wrote music for other artists under the pseudonym Abr (Cloud). In 1988, Darya became a professor at the university and taught Western classical music for a year before leaving for Europe.[citation needed] After traveling through Prague and Hamburg, Darya arrived in Paris, where he would meet Sultana Emam. The two were married in 1993, and moved to the United States in 1995, where they still live in the state of Virginia.[citation needed] In 1996, they had a son, Hejran Darya.[citation needed]


Farhad is one of renowned lovers in Farsi-Dari literature. His occupation is carving stones. He gives his heart to "Shireen", and his tough love journey begins and ends with "Koh-Kani" i.e. cutting stones at mountains; a colorful ending with his blood. However in Farsi-Dari literature, Farhad is a symbol for an "unsuccessful lover", he is more an icon for intense stamina in love. Yes, a lover may fail but love forever will prosper; thus Farhad is equally a symbol of " failed lover" and "prosperous love", and what could be better than this. Darya in Farsi-Dari language means "sea"; in Afghanistan darya is also used to refer to river. In both cases darya is a blue compilation of water, and water is a blend of voice and sincerity, message and purity. And Farhad Darya is a Farhad of "mountains of love" as well as a darya of voice and honesty; a pleasant and novel voice that in every instant and every spot shouts the sincerity of martyred Afghan nation. Farhad Darya is a pioneer of committed and devoted music in Afghanistan; commitment to novelty of music and devotion to cause of human being. From an artistic point of view, Farhad's music is homogeneously domestic (Afghan) and global (international), a blend of endemic (native) and global tinkle. Farhad Darya certainly is a founder of new wave of music in Afghanistan. This wave as much as it is an outcome of versatile musical creations - a mix of global, domestic, and self-specific trends - it is also a result of pledge to history and time. This commitment is not imprinted by history and time; rather these musical creations tirelessly evoke and shout history and time.
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