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Revolution, Veils and Rock Music

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

In Iran, women are forbidden from singing solo in public. Still, singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat presented a concert recently at the Italian Embassy in Tehran. The concert is out out on CD. Masha Vahdat joins us along with Niloofar Mina, an Iranian-born ethnomusicologist who teaches at New Jersey City University.


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  • [1] Sina Mohajer from Iran July 11, 2008 - 01:13PM

    Thanks God we have some Embassies and churches in Iran. Otherwise, none of these could happen.

    Thanks much for posting such a nice audio clip.


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