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Musicians Salar Nader and Homayoun Sakhi address the audience and prepare for their next song in their Cardinal Foley Campus Center performance, Oct. 23. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Afghan musicians break barriers and challenge stereotypes

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor October 30, 2024

Since he learned to play the tabla — hand drums from Central and South Asia — at seven years old, Salar Nader has performed throughout the world, making his St. Joe’s debut alongside fellow Afghan...

ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD ’23/ THE HAWK
SOURCES: Council on Foreign Relations
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Afghan student trapped in Kabul dreams of escape, peaceful future

N A December 7, 2021

This past August, shortly after taking my last exam at the college I attend in Sacramento, California, where I am studying for my computer science degree, I took a flight to Kabul, Afghanistan to visit...

GRAPHIC: TOM SWEENEY ’22/ THE HAWK

Our solemn march from Afghanistan

Connor Mignano September 8, 2021

On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S.’s longest war finally came to an end. In his speech the next day, President Biden declared that he would be the last president “to send another generation of America’s...

America withdraws from Afghanistan

America withdraws from Afghanistan

Patrick Adams April 20, 2021

A nation left in the dust  When Talibal shadow mayor of Balkh district, Haji Hekmat, heard U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement about when he planned to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Hekmat proclaimed...

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