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 ...

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From matchstick tapestries to digital mythologies, textile archives to ecological cartographies — an exhibition in ...

The Taliban have severely restricted the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan since returning to power in August 2021. Nearly 2.2 million girls are deprived of education, with girls banned from ...

In her living room in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, surrounded by colorful fabrics and expressive handcrafted ...

In the bustling lanes of Delhi, a different kind of sound is steeped in nostalgia, resilience, and cultural pride. It’s the ...

For art history enthusiasts — especially those passionate about the Renaissance — this three-day deep dive into traditional and conceptual fresco techniques is not to be missed. Ghaddar will trace the ...

Click here to read the story in Ukrainian or Dari (Afghan Persian). (MIRROR INDY) — Every day at 12:30 p.m. for the past month, Iryna Bondar, a Ukrainian multimedia artist, asks others in the ...

There, she honed her skills in traditional Afghan calligraphy, launching a career that has since taken her across the globe. Ms Kitman's art aims to celebrate her homeland’s culture and champion ...

The Taliban are scared of the power of art, because it can spark new ideas in someone’s mind, and change their way of thinking,” she said. ... to set up an Institute of Afghanistan Traditional Music, ...