HERAT, Dec 29 — Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft ...

Some people have drugs. For me, it is music.” Steve is one of thousands of children from the poorest neighborhoods of the Kenyan capital who have been introduced to classical music by Ghetto Classics.

Sakhi, an artisan in Herat, Afghanistan, works in his compact workshop, meticulously shaping a rubab, the country's beloved ...