His country restricted music. Suddenly he was a target. - Harvard Gazette

"Music for me is very important. It's a part of culture. Every nation or ethnic community has something different, and music shows the different colors, and the beauty, and how they are rich."

"In the opinion of the Taliban, doing music is not allowed according to sharia. I grew up with music ... I fight all my life because they say music is against Islam."

"Pazhman went into hiding before fleeing his home country. For the past several months, he's taken part in the Scholars at Risk program at Harvard."

"After the Taliban fell in 2001, Pazhman was able to pursue music out in the open. The 2006 graduate of Kabul University with a degree in music has performed extensively throughout Afghanistan, and abroad."

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