May 20, 2013 joined by three excellent collaborators, Mohammad Reza Shajarian gives what amounts to a brief master class in the art of singing. In the course of this love song, titled “Az Eshgh,” the Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring, goosebump-inducing sound that’s still perfectly controlled at age 73.
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No green, no blue, no red, no black…………but all colors: get together and focus on one thing: your freedom!………….Keep Zabane Atesh all the time with you when you’re on the streets!!! Take your tar, dombak, guitar, sax – anything that can make the sound of freedom – with you. No gun can kill you when you’re flying on and with the sound of freedom. Ostad Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, please join the people on the streets and be the power of music!
Testing the Limits of Collaboration – painting by Nicky Nodjoumi
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On August 15, 2009, in Tehran, Mir Hossein Mousavi announced the formation of The Green Path of Hope, which includes Mehdi Karroubi and Mohammad Khatami among its leadership council. Continue reading
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Hamid Dabashi: a professor of Iranian studies and comparative literature at Columbia University, writes frequently on politics and world affairs. This time in CNN Opinion.
This article is very well formulated. He writes: Obama must stick to his vow to “bear witness” to crackdown in Iran, U.S. civil rights icons, Muslim leaders; human rights groups should go to Iran.
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Hello all. This is the first of a new series of news updates brought to you by Where Is My Vote-NY. These updates are designed to summarizes recent events inside and outside Iran and keep us all better informed.
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