The Taliban Drove This Afghan Trumpeter Into Exile. He Still Dreams of Home

Trumpeter fled Afghanistan after the Taliban, who prohibit music, regained power. He's seeking asylum in the U.S. along with other refugees ...
NBC News

Afghanistan's only music school completes exit from Kabul fearing Taliban crackdown

The last two of more than 270 students, faculty and staff from Afghanistan’s only music school have left the country in the wake of the Taliban takeover, the institution's founder said on Thursday.
BroadwayWorld

Photos: First Look at KABUL GOES POP; MUSIC TELEVISION AFGHANISTAN at Brixton House

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The production will then tour to Harlow Playhouse (8 June), Mercury Theatre ...
Deadline.com

‘Last Song From Kabul’ First Look: Kevin Macdonald’s Telluride Film Documents Afghan Girls Who Won’t Give Up Music Despite Taliban Threat

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald is set for a big weekend at the Telluride Film Festival. His feature documentary High & Low – John Galliano, about the highly controversial fashion ...
Houston Public Media

Afghan music students escaped the Taliban and are beginning their new lives abroad

DOHA, Qatar — On the outskirts of Qatar's capital, there's a gated residential compound that was built to house dignitaries attending the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But since August, Park View Villas has ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

With Music Banned, Afghan Musician Now Sells Snacks To Feed His Family

Before Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Sardar Mohammad made his living and provided for his family by playing the harmonium, a traditional folk instrument that was popular at celebrations. Since the ...
UNHCR

From Canada to Kabul: Afghan singer seeks to restore music education

KABUL, August 15 (UNHCR) - His songs evoke the harsh beauty of his native Afghanistan, a country he fled more than 12 years ago, but they were composed in a green and tidy suburb of Toronto, Canada, ...
The New York Times

1,200 Miles From Kabul, a Celebrated Music School Reunites

Students and teachers of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and their families, almost 200 in the past week, have fled to Qatar to escape Taliban restrictions on music. By Javier C. Hernández ...
The New York Times

Far From Kabul, Building a New Life, With Music and Hope

The students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music fled after the Taliban seized power. Now they are trying to remake their school, and their dreams, in Portugal. Making a new home: Farida ...
Variety

Afghan Filmmaker Sahra Mani, in Venice With ‘Kabul Melody’ Project, Says Lives of Kabul Music School Students Are at Risk

Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who is at the Venice Film Festival gap financing market with the documentary “Kabul Melody,” says the lives of more than 150 students of Kabul’s National Institute of ...
KPBS

Afghan music students escaped the Taliban and are beginning their new lives abroad

DOHA, Qatar — On the outskirts of Qatar's capital, there's a gated residential compound that was built to house dignitaries attending the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But since August, Park View Villas has ...