CAIRO (AP) – Just from hearing it, it’s like any professional orchestra. But the assembly of white-veiled Egyptian women in matching black gowns has a startling difference. Every woman in the ...

The Cleveland Women's Orchestra, under the direction of Eric Benjamin, will open it's 90th Anniversary celebratory season at the Maltz Performing Arts Center on November 10, 2024. Featured artist will ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's first -- and only -- all-female symphony is trying to change attitudes in a deeply conservative country where many see music as immoral, especially for women. The ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's first – and only – all-female symphony is trying to change attitudes in a deeply conservative country where many see music as immoral, especially for women. The ...

The Forward brings you independent, nonprofit journalism with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis of the Middle East, campus conflicts, and more. Sign up for the free morning newsletter today. The ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Like many teenagers, 19-year-old Negin Khpalwak from Kunar in eastern Afghanistan loves music, but few people of her age have battled as fiercely to pursue their passion in the face ...

OXFORD, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ahmad Naser Sarmast has braved death threats, intimidation and a Taliban suicide bomb attack to bring his Afghan women's orchestra, currently performing ...

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Last week, in Manhattan, the Women’s Symphony Orchestra of America filed papers of incorporation. The capital was named at $250,000; number of players, 60; conductor, Madame Elizabeth Kuyper, Dutch ...

British historian and biographer Anne Sebba has written the life stories of famous women, infamous women, and ordinary women in extraordinary circumstances. But, she tells PW, "You can't call yourself ...