Pakistan’s renowned classical dancer Sheema Kermani has expressed that she is heartbroken after the Afghanistan National Institute of Music destroyed all their musical instruments.
According to her, there would be no more music for the Afghan people. Sheema Kermani took to Facebook and shared how she felt.
“Afghanistan National Institute of Music had to destroy all their musical instruments, the Orchestra team members went back to their homes – when will they ever be able to play again. No more music for the Afghan people- can there be anything sadder,” she posted.
Kermani also highlighted the effect of such action that resulted in the Orchestra team members going back to their homes jobless. The doors of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul have been shut down.
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According to founder and director Ahmad Sarmast, “armed people entered school property” recently. He said that they tried to steal cars the school uses for transportation and destroyed musical instruments. Under the Taliban in the 1990s, music was strictly forbidden. Performing, selling, or even listening to music at home could get you in trouble.
With help from donors including the World Bank and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), ANIM opened in Kabul in 2010. Boys and girls studied music and academics in the same classrooms. The school has been held up as a great success story in the effort to renew cultural life and the arts in Afghanistan.
