Kobi Farhi
English, Hebrew
Lead singer of “Orphaned Land” – the most admired Israeli singer in the Muslim world
Kobi Farhi is a rare phenomenon in the Middle East — a cultural revolutionary who proves that music can cross borders, shatter fears, and connect peoples even in the darkest hours.
His debut book, “Good Night Orphan Land,” recently published, tells the extraordinary journey of an artist determined to change reality through sound, words, and an uncompromising belief in people.
Farhi, winner of five peace prizes and leader of the rock band Orphaned Land, has built a human bridge where walls usually rise. With one Israeli–Middle Eastern music, he succeeded in sparking a cross-border movement: Muslim fans — Palestinians, Jordanians, Egyptians, and others — tattooed the band’s symbol and the lyrics he wrote on their bodies; others paid an even heavier price for identifying with him — some were imprisoned, some were barred from returning to their home countries — yet none of them abandoned the message of hope and connection.
In a unique, uncompromising inspirational lecture, Farhi tells how one dream insisted on blooming at the heart of a bloody conflict, and how his deep faith in a bridge between people changed the lives of thousands.