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With Music Banned, Afghan Musician Now Sells Snacks To Feed His Family

17th December, 2022 · admin

 Before Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Sardar Mohammad made his living and provided for his family by playing the harmonium, a traditional folk instrument that was popular at celebrations. Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, playing and listening to music has been banned, with sermons or Koran readings replacing the melodies once heard at

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Posted in Economic News, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Afghan Musicians Who Fled Taliban Face Deportation From Pakistan

3rd June, 2022 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal Abubakar Siddique June 3, 2022 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Zaryali is among the hundreds of Afghan musicians who have fled to neighboring Pakistan since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Soon after seizing power in August, the Taliban outlawed music and footage emerged of its fighters publicly beating and humiliating musicians and burning their instruments. The

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Posted in Art and Culture, Human Rights, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Escape from the Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Young Afghan Musicians Who Fled To Portugal Perform With Cellist Yo-Yo Ma

30th March, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 29, 2022 U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music for a performance in Lisbon, Portugal, where the Afghan musicians have sought asylum. Ma joined young Afghan and Portuguese musicians for the performance of a Mozart piece on March 29 on a small stage at

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Posted in Art and Culture, Entertainment News, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Music |
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Playing Music Is Fiercely Forbidden: The Taliban Have Imposed New Restrictions on Local Artists in Kapisa

6th March, 2022 · admin

8am: Local artists in Kapisa province have expressed concern about restrictions imposed by local officials in the province, saying that their economic problems and security concerns have multiplied since the fall of the republic. They say their professional lives are under threat. Local artists in Kapisa are asking the authorities to allow them to work

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Posted in Art and Culture, Taliban | Tags: Kapisa, Life under Taliban rule, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Afghan music students escaped the Taliban and are beginning their new lives abroad

20th December, 2021 · admin

NPR: After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, members of the institute feared for their lives. After five airlifts starting Oct. 2, nearly 300 students, faculty and family members affiliated with the music school all made it safely to Doha by mid-November. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Art and Culture, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Escape from the Taliban, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Afghan Musicians Look to Recreate Famed School in Portugal

14th December, 2021 · admin

AP: Students and faculty members from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived with their families Monday in Portugal, where they are being granted asylum and where they hope to rebuild their acclaimed school. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Art and Culture, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Escape from the Taliban, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Afghanistan’s only music school completes exit from Kabul fearing Taliban crackdown

19th November, 2021 · admin

NBC News: The last two of more than 270 students, faculty and staff from Afghanistan’s only music school have left the country in the wake of the Taliban takeover, the institution’s founder said on Thursday.  “It was extremely emotional,” the Afghanistan National Institute of Music’s founder and director Ahmad Sarmast said of students he greeted

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Posted in Art and Culture, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Escape from the Taliban, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Afghan Musicians Face Uncertain Future

21st October, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: According to the musicians, music was the only way of income but as they have abandoned it for over two months and are currently facing severe economic challenges. “Any country that doesn’t have culture and national music will never develop,” said Asif Khalili, a musician. The musicians called on the [Taliban] government to

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Posted in Art and Culture, Economic News, Everyday Life, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Music, Taliban ban music |
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‘I Feel Like A Dead Fish’: Silenced By The Taliban, Afghanistan’s Musicians Despair

13th October, 2021 · admin

Ron Synovitz RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 13, 2021 Ahmad Gholami, a 25-year-old Afghan musician, had dedicated his life to the art of playing a sitar-like lute called the tanbur. But after nearly a decade mastering the instrument well enough to earn his living as a professional musician, the Taliban has banned music under its tribal

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Posted in Art and Culture, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Music, Taliban ban music |
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Under Taliban, thriving Afghan music scene heads to silence

22nd September, 2021 · admin

Seattle Times: The last time that the militant group ruled the country, in the late 1990s, it outright banned music. So far this time, the government set up by the Taliban hasn’t taken that step officially. But already, musicians are afraid a ban will come, and some Taliban fighters on the ground have started enforcing

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Posted in Art and Culture, Entertainment News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Music, Taliban ban music |
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