Haidar Salim (

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

: ) is an Afghan singer who resides in Dublin, California. He gained popularity in the 1970s and has maintained popularity throughout the decades. He has had further success with "Ghazal", a song from his new album. He is brothers with Salma Jahani, a brother-in-law to

Rahim Jahani Rahim Jahani ( fa, رحيم جهانی) was a well known veteran singer from Afghanistan's pre-revolutionary music ra At one point in his lifetime, Jahani resided in the Silo district of Kabul. He was twice married, latterly to the singer Sal ...

and also the cousin of

Ahmad Wali Ahmad Wali (Pashto/Dari: ) is an Afghan Ghazal singer. He began his career in the 1970s, becoming popular in his native country before he was forced to flee by political upheaval in Afghanistan. He continued his work after resettling in Germany ...

Popular CD's

* ''Sorood-e Kabul'' * ''Pay- Ashk'' * ''Taqdeer'' * ''Sapidah'' * ''Dukhtar-e Afghan'' * ''Nawa-e Dil'' * ''Majlisi Awal'' * ''Maykadah'' * ''Majlisi Dawoom''

Popular songs performed in concerts

* ''Salma'' * ''Mastee'' * ''Kabul'' * ''Zeba''

References

External links

Haider Salim’s official websiteHaider Salim’s Videos on AfghanEntertainment.tv
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salim, Haider Living people Pashtun people 20th-century Afghan male singers People from Dublin, California Afghan emigrants to the United States Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area Year of birth missing (living people)