Haider Saleem
Haidar Salim is an Afghan singer who rose to prominence in the 1970s and has kept an audience across every decade since. He has been performing since 1970, moving between Afghan pop, ghazals and his own renditions of Hindi film songs — a repertoire that placed him among the generation of Kabul singers whose careers were cut in two by the wars that followed. Like most of that generation, he left Afghanistan and built a second career in exile. He settled in the United States and lives in Dublin, California, where he has continued to record and perform for Afghan audiences in North America. The Village Voice counted him among the Afghan musicians scattered abroad in its 2001 piece on the silencing of music under the Taliban. His albums include Sorood-e Kabul, Pay-Ashk, Taqdeer, Sapidah, Dukhtar-e Afghan, Nawa-e Dil, Maykadah and the two Majlisi collections, the live mahfil recordings that remain a staple of his concerts. "Salma", "Mastee", "Kabul" and "Zeba" are among the songs audiences still ask for. Documentation of his life in English is thin, and most published accounts carry no dates. If you know more about him, we would be glad to hear from you.
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Songs by Haider Saleem
- Abta Wala
- Afsoos Ki Tura
- Ahesta Boro
- Allah Tu Karime
- Asheq Shodam
- Ashnaye Del
- Aye Dukhtar Afghan
- Aye Nazaneen
- Aziz Jan Jigar Jan
- Az Man Kharida
- Ba Baaghi
- Bahar Aamad
- Ba Kaftar Najrabet
- Baz Amshab Ba Hwai
- Bazem
- Benaazom
- Beya Sobh Beya Shaam
- Chashmat
- Che Rafti Az
- Chi Deedai
- Dalzai Arameda
- Dar Fasle Bahar
- Dilbarake Nazanin
- Dilbaram Dilbar
- Dil Shuda Mayelat
- Doosh
- Dosham
- Een Khaan Che Khaanast
- Emshab Manam
- Gar Ba Gul Menegaram
- Gar Shekaayat
- Gela
- Ghame Gozashta
- Gugtum Ke Naroo
- Gul Khoshbo
- Gulshan
- Hastam Kharab
- Hawai Eshq
- Jaam
- Jamal E Kaba
- Jawani
- Jodaa
- Jodai
- Khiyale Roye Tu
- Khowaja
- Mahe Alam Soz
- Mahmel
- Maihan
- Majlise
- Majnoon Nabodam
- Man Basta Bodam
- Man Lalae Azadam
- Man Royeta Nadeeda Am
- Mast Shodi
- Morade Del
- Morghe Dilakem
- Morwari
- Moyakaait
- Naghma Sarayam
- Nakhoon Rang Zadi
- Nala Mekonam Chup Chup
- Naro Naro
- Naz Nako
- Nazoko Naz Ko
- Negahat
- Qataghani
- Qesa Ha
- Rafti O Nalahaye Dilam
- Rangina
- Ranjo
- Raqs Bokon
- Sadaye Qalbam
- Safar
- Safa Safa - Aye Nazaneen
- Safidi Roy E Tura
- Samir Roashan Beya Beya
- Sar Dar Qadamat
- Setara
- Shab Andar Daman E Koh
- Shaida
- Shawat
- Taswir Tu Mibeenam
- Yaad To
- Yaar
- Yaar Sabzeena-e Man
- Yarakim Mera Madina
- Zindagi
Music videos
- Afsoos Ki Tura
- Ashnaye Del
- Awal Wafa Namodi
- Az Dil K Tamana Konam
- Aziz Jan Jigar Jan
- Badai Shabana
- Bahar Aamad
- Ba Khwab Ke Di Shab
- Bashad K Khezad
- Baz Amshab Ba Hwai
- Beya Sobh Beya Shaam
- Daghe Yak Eshghe Ghadim
- Dar Fasle Bahar
- Dil Ba Darya Daada Am
- Dilbaram Dilbar
- Dil Shuda Mayelat
- Gar Rehayam Koni
- Gugtum Ke Naroo
- Gul Khoshbo
- Hawai Eshq
- Jaam
- Jamal E Kaba
- Janome
- Jawani
- Kharabam
- Live In Concert
- Maihan
- Majlise
- Majnoon Nabodam
- Man Lalae Azadam
- Man Naghmai
- Naro Naro
- Nazoko Naz Ko
- Negahat
- Paheez
- Rafti O Nalahaye Dilam
- Rangina
- Sadaye Qalbam
- Safar
- Safidi Roy E Tura
- Samir Roashan Beya Beya
- Saqiya Mara Daryab
- Sar Dar Qadamat
- Shab Andar Daman E Koh
- Ta Dareded Dar Jan
- Toi Janam
- Tu Ba Ishqat Mara
- Wafaa