Ustad Zakir Hussain's bond with Kolkata is being commemorated by Dover Lane Music Conference and Behala Classical Festival at their annual events. On January 14, an event titled ‘Dha Forever ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan - Residents of a Kurdish region in Iran’s West Azerbaijan ... which left him in a coma before his passing. The 23-year-old Hussein Khalayi was the sole breadwinner for his ...

Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, three officials said. The ...

“It was a conspiracy,” the virtuosic Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain joked, when asked by the BBC to explain his genesis as a percussionist. “I was not at all a part of it.” It began ...

History books will remember the year 2024 for bidding farewell to many eminent personalities and luminaries in the field of music. The year registered a ... Ustad Rashid Khan and tabla maestro Zakir ...

VOA’s Kurdish Service spoke with Syria's Luqman Ahmi, the co-chair of the Democratic Green Party, and journalists Parwar Meedi and Masoud Mohammed.

Share ISTANBUL (AP) — Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has said that he is willing to contribute to peace between Turks and Kurds, in a ...

Iraqi authorities exhumed the remains of at least 100 Kurdish women and children from ... to have been executed during the regime of Saddam Hussein in the 1980s, and they are thought to be from ...

But even then, it is still far more accessible and friendly for users. But when it comes to quality, physical media is still hard to beat. Music has really come a long way, making it easier to find ...

Mumbai honored tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain with a heartfelt tribute, celebrating his legacy and impact on global music and humanity “We don’t keep large vessels at home for daily use to ...

Zakir Hussain was both, which is why this pioneer of a new era in music will always be remembered.” He shared an anecdote from santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who once said ...