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CWC19: ENG v AFG - Ridhima learns to dance the Afghan way

In the video available through the linked image above, dancer Ziba Tabrizi teaches a step from Afghan dance "Mast" as part of a...

Kabul Dance Festival Aims To Revive Dying Art

Snapshot from video of dances performed at the dance festival in Kabul. Snapshot from TOLONews. See full video of dances at link below....

Enemies in arms: Taliban militant, Afghan soldier dance amid shaky truce

This video and article highlight the political significance of a dance. Sometimes difficult to talk about, are the social and political...

The Afghan diaspora – in pictures

Germany, March 2017 - Afghans celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in a suburb of Frankfurt. Men dance and listen to a performance by...

Youths’ options put on display

Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council Afghan Dance Group members Setarah Qasimi, Rezwana Sultani, and Sahar Bunyadi, all 12. Photo...

Aryana Saeed, Afghan Pop Star, Won’t Let Mullahs Stop the Show

Aryana Saeed, an Afghan singer, performing in Kabul on Saturday after her concert at Ghazi Stadium on Friday was canceled. Photo by...

Afghanistan celebrates 98 years of independence

Photo by Anadolu Agency. This article describes Attan dance and Chob Jangi dance (likely referring to Chopbazi dance) taking place in the...

A friendship born in dance

What will the future hold for two girls with a special bond who are living in a refugee camp in Greece? Photo by Daphne Tolis. Nazia and...

Abduol Nazari: Dancing from Jaghori, Afghanistan to Athens, Greece

Abduol performing at Athens Festival Peiraios 260 in 2014. Photo by Lida Touloumakou. Abduol Nazari is a dancer well versed in modern and...

Pakistan's Forgotten Pagans Get Their Due

Though we're not sure how we feel about some of the language used to describe the Kalash people, we feel this article shares some great...

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