Meg York's fingers dance up and down her clarinet to create the trills and augmentations of an ancient Sephardic melody. "It's like the accent of a language," said York, explaining the adjustments she ...

Her song "Daughters for Sale" has garnered ... the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. She said the latest law was trying to "erase women's voices". "When I'm feeling sad ...

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Roya Sadat‘s latest feature “Sima’s Song,” world premiering at the Tokyo International Film Festival, chronicles a pivotal moment in Afghanistan‘s history through the lens of two college ...

«محمدرضا عارف» معاون اول رئیس جمهور ایران امروز (شنبه ۵ آبان) در واکنش به حمله اسراییل به نقاطی از مراکز نظامی ایران، در شبکه اجتماعی ایکس نوشت: اقتدار ایران، دشمنان مام میهن را زبون و خوار می ...

مقامات آمریکا گفتند که در جریان حمله اسرائیل در ایران قرار گرفته اند ولی واشنگتن هیچ گونه مشارکتی در این حمله نداشته است! همزمان با ادعای حمله ارتش اسرائیل به اهدافی در ایران، لوید آستین، وزی ...

Encouraging us to translate from Persian, within the frame of the summer ... or after long police incarcerations by singing this song. Such possibilities of solidarity are precisely what ...

“Think of the countless songs: Chilean songs that were recovered (in Farsi) or ‘Bella Ciao,’ there was an Iranian version of that. This is a very beautiful impact,” he said. “You can ...

Rahimi also said there was no change in the death toll from last Tuesday’s 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck much of Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. Ten people died and 60 were injured in ...