Arson Fahim with World Cafe host Raina Douris
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Arson Fahim with World Cafe host Raina Douris
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The primary time Arson Fahim noticed a piano is seared into his reminiscence. He was a younger boy, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan, when he noticed the movie The Pianist.
“I noticed this film and I used to be, like, ‘Wow, how can no matter this factor is save an individual’s life? How can it’s so highly effective?’ “
That second sparked his deep love of music, which he pursued after returning to his dwelling nation. Fahim finally obtained a scholarship to review on the Longy Faculty of Music of Bard Faculty. He remembers leaving for Boston simply days earlier than the Taliban took over Afghanistan, banning music solely.
“I really feel like music is taken with no consideration a lot that while you learn the headline — ‘Taliban bans music’ or no matter — you do not really course of it,” he says. “I really feel like individuals hear about it, or examine it, however they do not understand what which means.”
For the ultimate story from our Sense of Place: Boston collection, Fahim shares his story and talks about how he has used music to battle for change, assist Afghan musicians and unfold consciousness.
