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The Zohra Orchestra was formed in 2015 in Kabul by the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and its founder Dr Ahmad Sarmast. The institute was formed in 2008 with the goal of bringing a musical education to young Afghans in the wake of liberation from the Taliban, under whom women's rights in Afghanistan were severely curtailed.
Hangama (Dari/Pashto: هنگامه) is an Afghan singer who has been active since 1975. Besides Afghanistan, she is also known in Tajikistan and Iran. [1] Before her emigration from Afghanistan in the 1980s, she was regarded as one of the most popular female singers of the country.
Because music from the ‘70s is so iconic, many songs are still used and referenced in pop culture today (i.e. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), a biopic of the band Queen; the Guardians of the Galaxy ...
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others satirize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
The Afghan concept of music is closely associated with instruments, and thus unaccompanied religious singing is not considered music. Koran recitation is an important kind of unaccompanied religious performance, as is the ecstatic Zikr ritual of the Sufis which uses songs called na't, and the Shi'a solo and group singing styles like mursia, manqasat, nowheh and rowzeh.
Most of his lessons, which are based on North Indian classical music, are still used today to train Afghan singers. Mahwash went on to study with the renowned Afghan singer Ustad Hussain Khan Sarahang, who guided her through her meteoric rise as a radio star. Another master composer, Ustad Shahwali, created many songs for her to sing on the ...
Lawrence and producing partner Justine Ciarrochi were familiar with filmmaker Mani through her 2021 documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me, which followed an Afghan woman in her 20s seeking justice ...
Sayeed's song Banoo e Atash Nasheen, which describes the pain the women of Afghanistan have faced over years of war and abuse, has won her enormous critical acclaim. [9] A large orchestra has contributed to the music of the song and the shooting took place inside Afghanistan. Shortly after the song was released, Aryana was asked for an ...