A Popular Afghan Singer Challenges the Taliban With Song

After living for decades in exile, chased by war and religious bans, Naghma persists in singing to her people.
The New York Times

An Old Master’s Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart

For his fellow exiles, Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas, an 88-year-old star from a golden era, evokes the Afghanistan they left behind, and one that could have been. Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas in the Netherlands in ...
Kurdistan 24

The Enduring Melody of a Nation: Afghan Singer Naghma's Four-Decade Challenge to War and Tyranny

After four decades of war and exile, iconic Afghan singer Naghma continues to challenge the Taliban with her music, a defiant voice for a nation's pain and hope.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Program: Recovering and uncovering: early Black music from America and the Persian music of Afghanistan

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NPR

Afghan Whigs: Songs Of Love Gone Wrong, Done Right

In the midnight hours after the Afghan Whigs brought down the Bowery Ballroom Wednesday night, I got an email from my date for the show. "I feel like I stole something that was so good," he wrote.