EditorialNajibullah wears a face mask to guard against coronavirus as he sits in his empty guesthouse and restaurant, which caters primarily to Afghanis recently returned from Iran, in Herat, Afghanistan, on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialTar, 19th century, Azerbaijan, Armenia or Georgia, Azerbaijani, wood, lamb skin?, wire, gut, metal, bone, Overall: 17.8 x 90.2cm (7 x 35 1/2in.), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, The tar first appeared around Shiraz and was quickly adopted in Afghanis...