Ahmad Naser Sarmast is the founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM). He is a member of the Musicological Society of Australia and the Union of Artists’ Association of ...

In defiance of the Taliban’s ban on music, a group of young musicians from Afghanistan risked it all to keep their country’s ...

Daud Khan Sadozai, an Afghan musician who plays Rubab, a popular musical instrument is among the laureates of the 2022 Aga ...

Mary Carole McCauley, Tribune News Service The melody was played on turquoise ukuleles, with children beating out the rhythm ...

This is what students and staff at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) are now facing, after the Taliban said they would ban music following their takeover of the country.

The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption". Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in ...

Without you, I have always been shoulder-to-shoulder with sorrow.” In August 2023, the Taliban banned music in Afghanistan, claiming it was morally corrupt. They beat and humiliated musicians ...

A few years after the Taliban were ousted in 2001, and with Afghanistan still in ruins, Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, on a mission: to revive music in the country of his birth.

It’s part of our daily life, a reminder that art, literacy, poetry, civilisation, cinema, and music are the true winners,” she said, highlighting the unyielding spirit of Afghan women.

Children ukuleles for Voices of Prince George’s County, which takes the stories of real people, like Afghan refugees and their children and turns them into music. The program is co-organized by ...