Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi's cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands.

Musicians play behind closed doors despite a ban on music in Afghanistan and a maker of stringed instrument the rubab refuses to down tools W ood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi's cramped ...

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According to Izadi, its rich history can be traced back to the Sistan-Baluchestan province and the Baluch ethnic community, which has preserved the instrument’s unique craft and performance methods ...

Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi's cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands.