Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried with locals. Their descendants eventually formed new kingdoms whose legacies c ...
The study of ethnomusicology focuses on music in its cultural context. Typically, an ethnomusicological approach departs from and resists scholarly approaches in studying western art music traditions ...
“This is a matter of saving the culture of Afghanistan,” Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said to a parliamentary committee this morning as he pled with the UK government to house dozens of ...
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), in collaboration with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), presents ‘Empire of Light: Visions and Voices of Afghanistan’, an exhibition exploring over 5,000 of ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A gathering celebrating Afghan culture drew hundreds to the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) on the same week marking four years since refugees escaping the Taliban arrived in ...
Afghanistan is often shown through a single narrative, focused on conflict and instability, but there is another side that rarely makes the headlines. In this video, we explore a more human and ...