''Arman'' is the monthly publication of the association of

Hazaras The Hazaras ( fa, , Həzārə; haz, , Āzərə) are an ethnic group and the principal component of the population of Afghanistan, native to, and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan and generally scat ...

in Victoria which serves the growing

Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pa ...

community of

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and is distributed Australia-wide. It is published on the first Monday of each month and has a readership base of several thousand. The magazine has three editions, in

Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...

, in

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and English. Being the only regularly published and widely distributed Dari magazine in Australia, ''Arman'' is a valuable source of news, information, feature articles as well as a guide to find products and services for Afghan community. The first edition of ''Arman'' was published in October 2002 in just eight pages and it has developed greatly in terms of both quality and quantity since. It is now a colour magazine in 40 pages and has found its place in Australian Afghan community. Currently Hamed Saberi is ''Arman'' monthly's chief editor and Sharif Samar is the executive officer. It is designed by Arif Fayazi.

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