FM videography
- Amir: an Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan. Directed and edited by John Baily. Royal Anthropological Institute, 1985. VHS (52 min.)
- Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan. Directed by Simon Broughton. BBC, 2002.
- Crossing the Bridge: The sound of Istanbul. Directed by Fatih Akin. Strand Releasing, 2006.
- Mystic Iran: the Unseen World. Directed by Aryana Farshad. Wellspring, 2002.
- The art of the Afghan rubab: Homayun Sakhi. Music of Central Asia, vol. 3. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2005.
- Invisible Face of the Beloved. Classical Music of the Tajiks and Uzbeks. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2005 (Music of Central Asia, vol. 2).
- Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan: Tengir-Too. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2005 (Music of Central Asia, vol. 1).
- Bardic Divas: Women's Voices in Central Asia. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2007 (Music of Central Asia, vol. 4).
- The Badakhshan Ensemble: Song and Dance from the Pamir Mountains. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2007 (Music of Central Asia, vol. 5).
- Alim and Fargana Qasimov: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2007 (Music of Central Asia, vol. 6).
- Prophet Healers of Northern Malawi. Written, edited and filmed by Steven Friedson. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 1989. VHS.
- Altar of Fire. By Robert Gardner and Fritz Staal. Berkeley: University of California Extension Media Center, 1976. VHS.
- Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt. By Michael Goldman. Waltham, MA: Filmmakers Collaborative, 1996