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Banned by the Taliban, Afghan musicians play on in Cambridge

Por: The Boston Globe Life March 16, 2023

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“Not just as a musician, but as a human, I don’t think it should be acceptable for an entire country to be stripped of its right to create art or go to school,” says pianist, conductor, and composer Arson Fahim.Yet that is what has happened to Fahim’s fellow Afghans. Since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021, Many musicians have gone into hiding or exile. The campus of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, where... + full article



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