Afghan refugees play football at dusk in the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal, where students and staff of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music lived in for 8 months.
June 2022
Zhora Ahmadi, gets ready for ther trumpet practice at the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal. May 2022
Farida Ahmadi created this memorial to her grandfather in the room she shares with her uncle and cousin at the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal where students and staff of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music lived in for 8 months. May 2022
Afghan refugees line up to receive the 150 euros the Portuguese government gives them every month. Most of the money is spent of food and what little remains is sent back home. July 2022
Shogufa Safi, 18, poses for a portrait after orchestra practice in the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal. May 2022
A music room in the former military hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon.
Shogufa Safi, conducts the few girls that are still left in the all female Zhora Orchestra on the 7th floor of the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal. An estimated 150 students have fled to Germany due to the poor conditions of the Hospital where they are staying. May 2022
Students from Afghanistan s National Institute of Music nervously wait before the first concert in a major music hall since they were forced to flee their homeland. This was an emotional celebration of Afghani music and their traditions Lisbon, Portugal. October 2022
Students from Afghanistan’s National Institute of Music play and sing their national anthem at the Gulbenkian Foundation, the first concert in a major music hall since they were forced to flee their home. This was an emotional celebration of Afghan music and their traditions. October 2022
Ali Sina Houtak, 15, poses for a portrait with his violin at the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal. April 2022
Safia Azghari and Jamila Azghari, two musicians from the Zhora Orchestra, ANIM’s all female orchestra. July 2022
A former teacher and a student from ANIM enjoy a beach day. For many students and staff, they had never seen the ocean before coming to Portugal. July 2022
Pidgeons fly in the entrance to the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal, where students and staff of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music lived in for 8 months. July 2022
Shogufa Safi, 18, has a lunch consisting of french fries at the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal. May 2022
Hassan Reza poses for a portrait with his rubab, an afghani instrument, in his room at the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal, where a group of about 100 Afghan refugees has been living since December. At one time he shared his room with 8 other students. July 2022
One of the few things that Juma Ahmadi brought to Portugal was soil that he collected from the music School’s courtyard.
Juma came with his two nieces Farida violinist and Zhora trumpet player and left behind in Kabul his wife and his son who at the time was one month old. June 2022
Juma Ahmadi holds up the a portrait of his wife, who stayed back in Afghanistan. Juma came with his two nieces, Farida, violinist, and Zhora, trumpet player, and left behind in Kabul his wife and his son, who at the time was one month old. June 2022
Shogufa Safi, 18, hugs a teddy bear at the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal, where a group of about 100 Afghan refugees has been living since December. June 2022
A chess board that was left behind by students of ANIM after they moved to Braga. Lisbon, Portugal. July 2022
Pidgeons fly in the entrance to the former military Hospital of Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal, where students and staff of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music lived in for 8 months. July 2022