Memphis in the meantime: Afghan cellist starts new life on U of M campus amid upheaval back home
Afghan music student Nazira Wali (right) practices the cello with University of Memphis Professor Kimberly Patterson, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, on campus. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
As cellist Nazira Wali was moving onto campus at the University of Memphis, family and friends back home in Afghanistan were trying to get out. Wali’s cello has taken her around the world and has brought her to Memphis, but at home music and musicians are again under threat from the Taliban regime.
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