1. Very few players are left to string the Saz–e–Kashmir, a violin–like instrument.

2. The comforting melody of Saz–e–Kashmir—a near–extinct Kashmiri string instrument and — the Valley’s own santoor, the rhythmic rabab and its dhokra are slowly silenced.

3. The polio team members, regular employees of the Health Department in Bajaur, who were made hostages, were identified as Shamsul Haq, Fazle Subhan, Wajid, Israr, Fazle Rabi, Shakirullah, Safdar, Makam Khan, Wali Khan, Saz Mohammad, Wazir Zada and Aminullah.

4. Ali also played the hammer dulcimer and performed complicated rhythms on finger symbols. Loga Ramin Torkian contributed eastern melodies on the guitar, Turkish saz, and the electric guitarviol (a 14th century European bowed guitar). Two–time Grammy nominee Carmen Rizzo provided the beat, sometimes subtle and slow, other times upbeat and pulsing, using a laptop and soundboard.

5. But we trust the Turkish courts and believe that this problem will be solved.» Following a question regarding their demands, Izzettin Doðan said÷ «Alevi–Islam should be included in school books; the state should support the establishment of Cemevis; The Federation of Alevi Foundations should be given a share of the budget; the state should support the training of Alevi–Islam faith leaders and the saz should be recognized as a musical instrument in schools.» The European Union, which Turkey is seeking to join, has urged Ankara to grant the Alevis minority status, sparking criticism by nationalists that Brussels is aiming to foment divisions even between Turkey‘s Muslim populations.