When Arooj Aftab was in high school, she taught herself to play guitar, recorded herself singing covers, and posted videos of her at-home performances on the Internet. From her bedroom in Lahore, ...

It's an old song — one that Arooj Aftab heard so much while growing up that she had to spend two years un-hearing it. Because her "Mohabbat" is no cover. "I was like, man, this poetry is so deep," the ...