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Old Music Instrument Made From Bird Bone Provides Glimpse of Neolithic Era There is no doubt that ancient humans differed ...
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Sangat A new music album called Sangat was released in the Bay Area on June 6th, 2025, by Qais Essar and Sonny Singh, both ...
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Waheedullah Saghar, the head of the music department at Kabul University, had to destroy all of his musical instruments before they were found. Among his collection were special items he’d bought ...
In 2023 alone, authorities conducted nearly 69,000 inspections of public venues, destroying over 21,000 musical instruments. This crackdown has turned music into a forbidden relic, silencing ...
Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands.
UNESCO-listed musical instrument stifled in Afghanistan Herat (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi's cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the ...
Daud Khan Sadozai, an Afghan musician who plays Rubab, a popular musical instrument is among the laureates of the 2022 Aga Khan music award.