• Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh (front) plays the daf at a concert alongside Iraqi Kurdish musicians and Iran's Sarmast musical group at the Arbil citadel in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on June 30, 2022. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
    Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh (front) plays the daf at a concert alongside Iraqi Kurdish musicians and Iran's Sarmast musical group at the Arbil citadel in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on June 30, 2022. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
  • Iraqi Kurdish musicians perform at the concert.
    Iraqi Kurdish musicians perform at the concert.
  • The audience at the concert in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.
    The audience at the concert in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.
  • Musicians play traditional instruments including the daf.
    Musicians play traditional instruments including the daf.
  • A percussionist plays a solo.
    A percussionist plays a solo.
  • Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh and fellow musicians play the daf.
    Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh and fellow musicians play the daf.
  • Sarmast musical group performers play the daf, a popular drumming instrument in Iran and Pakistan.
    Sarmast musical group performers play the daf, a popular drumming instrument in Iran and Pakistan.
  • Sarmast musical group performers play the daf, a popular drumming instrument in Iran and Pakistan.
    Sarmast musical group performers play the daf, a popular drumming instrument in Iran and Pakistan.
  • Iraqi Kurdish percussionist Hazhar Zahawy and Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh play the daf.
    Iraqi Kurdish percussionist Hazhar Zahawy and Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh play the daf.
  • Sarmast musical group members play the daf at the concert.
    Sarmast musical group members play the daf at the concert.
  • Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh at the concert.
    Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh at the concert.
  • Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh at the concert.
    Iranian musician Asal Malakzadeh at the concert.
  • Iraqi Kurdish percussionist Hazhar Zahawy at the concert.
    Iraqi Kurdish percussionist Hazhar Zahawy at the concert.

Kurdish musicians perform in Iraq - in pictures


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1 The kind of water athletes drink is important. Gwilym Hooson, a 28-year-old British performer who is currently recovering from knee surgery, found that out when the company was still in Studio City, training for 12 hours a day. “The physio team was like: ‘Why is everyone getting cramps?’ And then they realised we had to add salt and sugar to the water,” he says.

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Rating: 3/5

Updated: July 02, 2022, 9:53 AM