usicians, artists and rights activists have welcomed the official recognition of rubab as the king instrument of Pashto orchestra by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

Homayoun Sakhi is a master performer on Afghan rubab as well as a composer who brings together Eastern and Western musical languages and instruments. Born in Kabul into one of Afghanistan’s leading ...

Rubab is a dazzling musical instrument that is played on Nawroz to celebrate the spring season with Iranian swirls and the echoes of lost melodies. Rubab happens to be a lesser-known instrument that ...

The grand finale of rubab competition left the audience spellbound at the Lok Virsa Open Air Theatre on Friday evening. The performance was part of the four-day Qissa Khawani Festival which concluded ...

A Pakistani musician found himself with an unexpected audience from nature while performing in the mountains, after a flock of sheep slowly gathered around him as he played Kal ho naa ho on his rubab ...

The view is breathtaking in Saidpur. Among the places in Pakistan that house diverse communities, the village is home to Hindu temples, gurdwaras and Sufi shrines. A five-minute drive away from ...

As the Kashmir Valley was under lockdown for much of the second half of 2019, Abdul Hamid Bhat’s travel plans ended up in a flaming mess. Rubab players at Sarhad School in Katraj PUNE: As the Kashmir ...