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Story Radio Free Europe August 4, 2011

Swat's Female Dancers Struggle With Taliban's Legacy

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The Taliban has fallen in northwestern Pakistans Swat Valley, but for the three million displaced...

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The Swat Valley was once the only place in Pakistan's Pashtun regions where women could pursue careers as singers and dancers. Then Taliban extremists banned all music after taking over in 2007. They've since been driven out, but their prohibition on music, and especially women in the arts, has done lasting damage to Swat's musical culture.

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