Peshawar and an instrument called rabab

This is the story of music and life in old city Peshawar, Pakistan. – Photos and captions by Madeeha Syed/Dawn Newspaper.

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imran qaiser

May 13, 2011 07:12am

I fell in love with rabab, the first time i heard it in one of the Junaid kamshed's song" Aankhon ko Aankhon nay job sapna dikhaya hai" . Its amazing. One of my friend told me that he & his friends onced listened to rabab on a cold night aorund a bon fire on a trip to NWFP played by a local guy. It was mesmerising. Wish i could have a chance to learn to play it..

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Anna - a reader abro

May 14, 2011 12:45am

Thank you for this "tour" in the old town, Peshawar. Good to see also glimpses of ordinary life, and smiles, after all the sad news from Pakistan.

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