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 ...

Watch a short excerpt from the 24-minute documentary film included in the CD/DVD for 'Music of Central Asia Vol. 3: Homayun Sakhi: The Art of the Afghan Rubâb,' released by Smithsonian Folkways in ...

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 region known in ancient times as Khorasan bequeathed a rich and diverse cultural heritage to human civilisation. Like all long-lived cultures, Khorasan’s geography expanded and constricted like a ...

KABUL — The capital’s morning rush hour is a discordant backdrop for the workshop of Izzatullah Neamat. But walk down an alley, sidestep a sewage canal, and there he is: ensconced in the rabble among ...

KARACHI: In his shoebox sized store, Sohail Mohammad chips away at a piece of wood with a chisel. Eventually, this will turn into a rabab - the traditional instrument that is the identity of Pashto ...

Some people say couples who have been married for decades start to look like each other. Others joke that pet owners start to resemble their dog or cat after years of companionship. The idea that ...

Folk musicians and enthusiasts say the strife-torn Valley has not withstood the onslaught of modern Western influence, but people are doing their bit to keep the traditional songs and instruments ...

For thousands of teenaged boys the guitar’s allure is unavoidable. They can’t wait to get their hands on one and imitate their favorite rock star. That’s never been the case for an 18-year-old college ...

The earliest-known bowed instrument, rabab, has joined forces with the trumpet, through an unusually refreshing alliance between musicians Qais Essar, an Afghan-American Muslim, and Sonny Singh, an ...