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Abida Parveen on Qalandar shrine attack: "I couldn't stop crying"
Pakistan's foremost Sufi musician recalls her reaction to February's attack on the shrine of Lal Shabaz Qalandar by so-called Islamic State, and pays tribute to assassinated Sufi singer Amjad Sabri.
This clip is from Music in Peril, a Radio 3 documentary examining the threat to Pakistan's Sufi qawwali music tradition from Islamist extremists. To hear more, click through to the episode.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Unknown | Abida Parveen |
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