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...Some were lured back after hearing rehearsals, while others in this city of migrants came for the Filipina concert pianist Cecile Licad, or the Indian sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan....
...Abu Dhabi Film Festival has also appointed a new director, Ali al-Jabri, replacing veteran industry figure Peter Scarlet who has helped develop the embryonic event since 2009....
...Amjad Ali Khan’s residency at the Wigmore Hall begins on October 4. ‘Amjad Ali Khan: Indian Classical Ragas’ is released this week on the Wigmore Live label...
...“The people who are already suffering in the flooding might not be able to afford the high prices,” said Amjad Jamal, a WFP spokesman....
...Whether or not Amjad Ali Khan’s Samagam, a new concerto that combines Indian musical instruments with western ones, was a successful marriage of cultures is beside the point; the piece, with its solo sarod...
...Ali Khan, a 30 year-old teacher, expressed a common view, saying: “The police have handled the investigation well but the goodwill of the people is being tested.”...
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