Zohra Ahmadi rehearses with the Afghan Youth Orchestra in Braga, Portugal, on July 29. NEW YORK — The Taliban tried to silence them, at times violently. The musicians from the Afghan Youth Orchestra ...
Since its founding in 2010, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music has provided unique music training to Afghan children. In 2013, the group made a triumphant visit to the U.S. This month, three ...
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 ...
Three years ago, nearly 300 young Afghan musicians, their teachers and staff from their music school fled Afghanistan in fear for their lives after their country fell again to the Taliban. NPR ...
A women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday. Sadai Banowan, which means women's voice ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A gathering celebrating Afghan culture drew hundreds to the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) on the same week marking four years since refugees escaping the Taliban arrived in ...
FILE - Afghan worshippers attend Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 31, 2023. A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has ...