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We Can Bring Peace, Afghanistan’s First All-Female Orchestra Tells Taliban

MUSIC Posted: April 19, 2019 4:50 am

Says Negin Khpelwak, the 22-year-old leader of the Zohra Orchestra, “We can bring freedom, peace and honor to Afghanistan. Women can’t go back to the dark days — they can break our instruments, they can ban the music, but they never take it from our hearts.” – Bloomberg

MUSIC Published: 04.18.19, sjm

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