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Topic: Rubab


In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  Music of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Men are usually entertained by a male singer with a dhol or tabla drum, while accompaniment is typically a rubab or tanbur; the songs are most typically pop or ghazal.
The rubab is a common lute-like instrument in Afghanistan, and is the forerunner of the Indian sarod
The rubab has a double-chambered body carved from mulberry wood and has three main strings and a plectrum made from ivory, bone or wood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Afghanistan   (1108 words)

  
 CD Baby: QURAISHI: Pure & True Rubab
The rubab is an ancient instrument with a skin face belonging to the short neck lute family.
Rubab is the father of most of the string instruments used in the sub continent...
Featuring the haunting call of the rubab, an instrument closely related to the lute and the national instrument of Afghanistan, the album explores the many moods and emotions of the rubab, often joined by the dhol, a double-headed Afghani drum.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/quraishi   (1136 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan girl gets Olympic dream
Rubab has won a wild card entry for the 2004 Olympics due to her performances in swimming championships around the world.
Rubab is now training in Lahore under the supervision of her parents, who are also bearing all her expenses including a special diet and private coach's fee.
Rubab's mother has already taken time off work to help her daughter cope with the demanding schedule.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3812839.stm   (390 words)

  
 Afghanland.com Afghanistan Instruments of Afghanistan
The artists along with their instruments such as rubab, dotar, dolak and nai made to the courts of the moghol kings of Delhi.
The Afghan rubab players were inducted into Tansen's musical training particularly through their discipleships with important Seni ustads, who were beenkars and dhrupadiyas.
Their rubab used to have catgut strings and the fingerboard was made of wood.
www.afghanland.com /entertainment/music/instruments/instruments.html   (2241 words)

  
 Procrastination: Pakistani Women Olympic Athletes
Rubab is not the first Pakistani woman (girl) to compete in the Olympics, only the first swimmer.
Rubab has also taken part in championships in India and Spain.
Rubab is also not the first Pakistani female swimmer to compete internationally.
www.zackvision.com /weblog/2004/08/pakistani-women-olympics.html   (878 words)

  
 Story of Kerbala - www.yaali.net.tc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
He was crying and Umme Rubab was trying to comfort him.
Rubab, your little soldier has died for the sake of Allah." Umme Rubab took her little child, Ali Asghar.
Umme Rubab placed Ali Asghar in the small grave.
www10.brinkster.com /yaali2/majalis/kerbala/10.html   (1351 words)

  
 Rubab bags 7 golds -DAWN - Sport; September 1, 2003
LAHORE, Aug 31: Promising Rubab Raza, performed superbly to win a tally of seven gold and two silver medals in the Azadi Cup Punjab women Age Group swimming championship at the Fatima Jinnah pool on Sunday.
She finished second in two other events when Khadija Khalid, also from Lahore, showed her supremacy in 100m and 50m breaststroke, pushing back Rubab to second spot.
50m breaststroke(Open): Khadija Khalid 42.25sec; Rubab Raza; Anum Shahid; Afia Shah.
www.dawn.com /2003/09/01/spt7.htm   (458 words)

  
 VIA KABOUL : Music of Central Asia
Homayun Sakhi, formerly of Kabul, later a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan, and presently a resident of California, is possibly the finest rubab player of his generation.
A student of the great rubab master, Ustad Omar, Homayun performs a style of music rooted in the classical raga tradition of North India that was cultivated in Kabul beginning in the nineteenth century.
Shifting the distinctive melodic modes and virtuosic performance style of Indian raga to the Afghan rubab, Homayun Sakhi infuses his interpretations with rhythms and melodic ornamentation that reflect his own Kabuli heritage.
www.viakaboul.com /artist_page.php?artist_id=29   (216 words)

  
 Rubab adjudged best swimmer -DAWN - Sport; July 7, 2003
LAHORE, July 6: Rubab Raza, a promising swimmer from Lahore performed superbly in the seventh Punjab Open/Talent Hunt swimming championship  at  the  Fatima Jinnah Medical College pool on Sunday.
Rubab won seven out of a total of nine events of the Open age category,, to be adjudged the best swimmer of the  category.
100m freestyle (Open): Rubab Raza one min 15.20 sec; Afia  Shah; Eesha Khan-Rida sabahat (joint at third).
www.dawn.com /2003/07/07/spt5.htm   (395 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rubab of Herat: Music: Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
This release is the best Rubab playing you can hear that is availbale to the world audience- a true classic inside and outside Afghanistan.
The tone of his Rubab is some very magical thing.
There is really nothing like this instrument, and the playing of Khushnawaz will have you intoxicated, even after 1,000 listens and beyond.....
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005Y9FF?v=glance   (295 words)

  
 Khaled Arman ||| Mondomix *** musiques du monde *** world music
A second landmark occured in 1995 when he created the Ensemble Kaboul with his father.
This signalled his transition to the traditional rubab string instrument.
Since then, Arman has brought new dimensions to this folklore instrument, modifying it for modern compositions.
www.mondomix.com /en/chroniques.php?artist_id=1201&reportage_id=2771   (188 words)

  
 Islamica Community Forums - Pakistan girl gets Olympic dream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
HYDERABAD, India: Alone at the finish, Rubab Raza and her teenage teammates embraced at the edge of the Afro-Asian Games pool after wiping two seconds off the Pakistan 4x100-meters freestyle relay record.
The girls’ euphoric moments were uninterrupted by other competitors, as they’d finished a distant last and were celebrating just being able to compete at international level.
Moreover, swimming is considered a man’s sport in their native country.
www.islamicaweb.com /archive/t-19237   (16966 words)

  
 Shopping.com - Find, Compare, and Buy Anything in Seconds
Afghanistan-The Rubab Of Herat by Mohammad Rahim Khushnawaz/Various Artists
Afghanistan: Rubab & Dutar by Ustad Rahim Khushnawaz
Pakistani Music: The Rubab Of Kashmir by Various Artists
www.shopping.com /xGS-Rubab   (219 words)

  
 faizanrafi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
cuteway_laiba (4:51:00 PM): main rubab ko achi terha janta hoon
faizanrafi (5:03:04 PM): rubab k bhai ko he bata rahay hoo tum k tum rubab k pechay hoo
cuteway_laiba (5:07:22 PM): tum jitna boltay hona cneter main rubab ko tu woh bhi acha nahin lagta
www.geocities.com /faizanrafi/talk.htm   (1068 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music of Central Asia Vol. 3: Art of the Afghan Rubâb: Music: Homayun Sakhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Homayun Sakhi is living proof that faith in God and faith in yourself still produce the highest results in man.
If you know Rubab music, then there is no question of getting this.
He has developed the Rubab into it`s full potential unlike any other Rubab player in history.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000EBFWPS?v=glance   (614 words)

  
 VARIATIONS Sound Recording ajf0553   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Pakistani music : the rubab of Kashmir.
Pakistani Music/The Rubab of Kashmir, Ghazal "I Did Not Know The God"
Pakistani Music/The Rubab of Kashmir, Ghazal "My Heart Is Burning"
www.dlib.indiana.edu /variations/html/ajf0553.html   (132 words)

  
 Pure & True Rubab by Quraishi on Rhapsody   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Pure & True Rubab by Quraishi on Rhapsody
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 Qur'an Learning the Easy Way : Part 2 (Rubab Master)
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Qur'an Learning the Easy Way Parts 1-3 : 3 part complete set (Rubab Master)
www.onlineislamicstore.com /b8352.html   (1023 words)

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