ahmad, salman

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ahmad, salman

Rock & roll jihad

a Muslim rock star's revolution
2010
Pakistan-born Salman Ahmad is the first rock & roll star to destroy the wall dividing the West and the Muslim world. Salman's story began in New York, where he spent his teen years learning to play guitar, hanging out at rock clubs, making American friends, and dreaming of rock-star fame. When his family returned to Pakistan and Salman was forced into the strictures of a newly fundamentalist society, he created his own underground jihad: a traveling guitar club that met in private spaces. Later, he founded Junoon, which became South Asia's biggest rock band.
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