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Delhi’s dastangos and Naseeruddin Shah will treat New Yorkers to the tales of Amir Hamza
In New York, the city where two collapsing towers inextricably linked Islam with terrorism, a unique initiative is under way to celebrate another facet of the religion — art and culture. Performers — from US to Iran, from Pakistan to France — will come together for “Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas”, a 10-day festival that begins on June 5 and is organised by the Asia Society, Brooklyn Academy of Music and the New York University Center for Dialogues. India will be represented through an old art form — dastangoi or dramatic storytelling, which dates to medieval Iran and once brightened up balmy evenings on the steps of Jama Masjid. Delhi-based dastangos (storytellers) Danish Hussain and Mahmoud Farooqui, who have been keeping the art alive, will be joined by actor Naseeruddin Shah in New York.
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