‘Art’ says Ustad Farida Mahwash, ‘is about affection and kindness.’ Ghazals afghans : secular and sacred poems of love is her new album. For most of her 61 years Mahwash has been Afghanistan’s ...

She was one of Afghanistan's most popular female singers in the 1960s and '70s, that nation's equivalent of Barbra Streisand or Ella Fitzgerald. Farida Mahwash led a privileged life in her country ...

December 21, 2003 • It certainly is the age of the song. The days of the MP3 aren't so different from the days of the 45 rpm. We've "streamed" our picks for 2003's best songs, so click to listen and ...