No matter what, rubab culture will not be lost Majid, an Afghan rubab player Mohsen, a long-standing artists' union member, chokes back tears as he recalls how their musicians were always "a ...

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.

A trio of performers playing Afghan rubab, a plucked string instrument that’s an important part of Afghan culture ...

A cornerstone of Afghan music for centuries, the Rabab has been a vital tool for the country’s musical storytellers. Variations of the instrument are found across South Asia, where its enduring ...

Many Afghan musicians fled out of fear or in need ... Peace to the soul' - Amateur rubab player Gull Agha has a picture of his teacher from that time, the pieces of his rubab broken by Taliban ...