'To show the beauty of Afghanistan': All-female Afghan orchestra challenges tradition

For nearly three decades, under the Taliban, music was banned in Afghanistan. But now a group of women are at the forefront of bringing music back to their homeland and changing the misconceptions of their country to audiences around the world.

"I want to show the beauty of Afghanistan and how music can connect people and how music can connect each country to another country,” Meena said.The group has performed across the world including at a high-profile event at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in 2017. When asked what her favourite pieces of music to play were, Meena at first said Afghan music but then laughing said she was looking forward to playing Waltzing Matilda.

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