Her family successfully appealed, but her mother Cecilia Anim is angry they were put through the ordeal.

BBC: London

From the day ANIM was established those hesitations are becoming fewer and fewer.

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But I believe the Afghan Youth Orchestra formed within the ANIM could be the backbone of the future Symphony Orchestra of Afghanistan.

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Miss Anim will have to be reassessed again in two years' time.

BBC: London

Ruth Anim, 27, from Kilburn, who has epilepsy, heart problems, severe autism and curvature of the spine, has the mental age of a 10-year-old.

BBC: London

As this paper reported on Feb. 1, the magnitude of the challenges facing this tour, the Afghan Youth Orchestra and the ANIM have been formidable.

WSJ: Making Music Against the Odds | Ensembles of Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Inaugurated in 2010, with major underwriting from the World Bank, the ANIM is the brainchild of Ahmad Sarmast, Afghanistan's first citizen to hold a doctorate in music, and his achievement is all the more remarkable in a nation where the overthrown Taliban regime had declared not just performing but even listening to music a crime against Islam.

WSJ: Making Music Against the Odds | Ensembles of Afghanistan National Institute of Music