A Refuge for Afghan Music Is at Risk of Falling Silent

Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by ...
India West

Anup Jalota Jams With Afghan Singer Farishta Sama

MUMBAI (ANI) – Renowned devotional singer Anup Jalota has sung an Afghani song for the first time with Afghan singer Farishta Sama. Anup said, “I am very popular in Afghanistan too, so I thought why ...
The New York Times

An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart

For his fellow exiles, Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas, an 88-year-old star from a golden era, evokes the Afghanistan they left behind, and one that could have been. Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas in the Netherlands in ...
AOL

Afghan Director Roya Sadat on Her Battle With the Taliban, Exile to Complete ‘Sima’s Song’: ‘Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Convict’

Roya Sadat’s “Sima’s Song,” which world premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival, chronicles a pivotal moment in Afghanistan’s history through the lens of two college students in 1978. The drama follows a ...
insider.si.edu

Afghanistan: The Traditional Music of Herāt/ La Musique Traditionnelle d' Herāt [sound recording]

Vocal and instrumental music of Herat, in Western Afghanistan. Historical and descriptive notes by John Bailly in English and French, including vocal texts with English and French translations (15 p. ...
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Anthology of the World's Music: Afghanistan Music of the Uzbeks [sound recording]

Women's wedding song.--Girȳa.--Uzbek dance piece.--Gur-oghli.--Dance piece for Dutar.--Dance piece for dambura and tanbur.--Uzbek teahouse songs.--Aqchai for solo dambura.--Instrumental tune for ...
Variety

Afghan Director Roya Sadat Will Attend Red Sea Festival After Airline Initially Denied Entry to Saudi Arabia (EXCLUSIVE)

After an airline denied her entry into Saudi Arabia to present her film “Sima’s Song,” which is playing in competition at the Red Sea Film Festival, Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat is now set to visit the ...