Pîrbal, Ferhad, 1961-

Farhad Pirbal (Sorani Kurdish: فەرھاد پیرباڵ; born 20 August 1961) is a Kurdish writer, singer, poet, painter and critic. He was born in the city of Erbil (Hawler) in Southern Kurdistan. He studied Kurdish language and literature in the University of Sulaymaniyah. In 1986, he left Kurdistan to Denmark, Germany, and finally settling in France. He continued his studies in University of Sorbonne in the field of Kurdish literature. After going back to Southern Kurdistan, in 1994, he established the Sharafkhan Badlisi cultural center.