Homayoun Sakhi is a master performer on Afghan rubab as well as a composer who brings together Eastern and Western musical languages and instruments. Born in Kabul into one of Afghanistan’s leading ...

usicians, artists and rights activists have welcomed the official recognition of rubab as the king instrument of Pashto orchestra by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

Rubab is a dazzling musical instrument that is played on Nawroz to celebrate the spring season with Iranian swirls and the echoes of lost melodies. Rubab happens to be a lesser-known instrument that ...

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. Sakhi has ...

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. Sakhi has ...

The view is breathtaking in Saidpur. Among the places in Pakistan that house diverse communities, the village is home to Hindu temples, gurdwaras and Sufi shrines. A five-minute drive away from ...

As the Kashmir Valley was under lockdown for much of the second half of 2019, Abdul Hamid Bhat’s travel plans ended up in a flaming mess. Rubab players at Sarhad School in Katraj PUNE: As the Kashmir ...