Dashti Margo (Dari:دشت مارگو), Dasht-e Mārgow, Dasht-e Margoh, lit. "Desert of Death" is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. The desert is adjacent to the Khash Desert and Registan Desert. The area is about 150,000 km2; the elevation is some 500–700 m. The desert consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rare oases. Dasht means desert in Dari and margo means "death," hence, Desert of Death.
The area was referred to as GAFA (the Great Afghan Fuck-All) by British Army Air Corps helicopter pilot Ed Macy MC in his book Hellfire. Macy flew the British variant of the Apache attack helicopter during the NATO occupation of Afghanistan in the mid-2000s, and used the term in reference to the extreme emptiness and lack of features in the desert.
Coordinates: 30°45′21″N 63°14′53″W / 30.75583°N 63.24806°W / 30.75583; -63.24806
Darine Hadchiti (Arabic: دارين حدشيتى) (born 17 April 1981) is a Lebanese singer. She started her career in 2005. Within one year, she was able to attain a released her first single, "Eddam El Kel", the title song to her debut album, Eddam El Kel. She is now known as a rising young Arab singer in the Arab world due to her popular songs and vocals, charisma, and arguably provocative videos.
Hadchiti was born in Hadchit, Lebanon and began singing when she was 13. She won the 2001-2002 studio El Fann bronze medal for her voice. She began her singing career upon signing with the Lea Production Team, managed by George Anastasiades, the owner of the Anastasia Group. Darine Hadchiti, after the launch of her second album Irtahlak Albi, now participates in numerous concerts and festivals all over the world.
Darine Hadchiti was nominated for the best female artist in the Arab world[citation needed], the best video and the best single. She won the best video award for Irtahlak Albi, a clip filmed in Australia with an acclaimed Australian director.[citation needed]