BALTIMORE -- The melody was played on turquoise ukuleles, with children beating out the rhythm on miniature drums. “I feel peace when my family is safe,” sang the youngsters and their mothers, who are ...

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. ...

The first time Arson Fahim saw a piano is seared into his memory. He was a young boy, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, when he saw the film The Pianist. "I saw this movie and I was, like, 'Wow, how can ...

Afghan women have turned to social media to protest the latest draconian edict issued by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, which the Biden administration says is aimed at erasing them completely from ...

A collection of music from Afghanistan climbs to No. 12 on iTunes' World Music bestseller charts. Adam Gouttierre and Chris Becherer are two MBA students who recorded traditional music during a trip ...

The Taliban announced in August that it had destroyed over 20,000 musical instruments in Afghanistan in the past year. The extremist group considers instruments un-Islamic and permits only ...

The melody was played on turquoise ukuleles, with children beating out the rhythm on miniature drums. “I feel peace when my family is safe,” sang the youngsters and their mothers, who are refugees ...