On a Tuesday afternoon, during the lunchtime rush at Los Angeles’ über-trendy Highly Likely Café, the strains of Iranian singer Googoosh’s song “Talagh” come through the speakers. The song, whose ...
The pop diva was silenced when the 1979 Islamic Revolution began. But for the past 18 years, she's been allowed to tour, including a recent rapturous show at the Hollywood Bowl. When Googoosh stepped ...
Few performers have had to endure the kind of disruption that befell the Iranian singer Googoosh when, at the peak of her fame, the 1979 Islamic revolution upended her career. Overnight, the magnetic ...
Singer Googoosh has been called "The Voice of Iran," but in 1979 her voice was silenced by the Islamic Revolution. This year, she's celebrating 21 years since she broke that silence, with a new album ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- It was music fit for the troubled times. Her voice full of heartache and tender resolve, Iranian pop diva and national icon Googoosh delivered old hits and songs from ...
“I’m hopeful,” Googoosh, the legendary Iranian performer, told me recently. “I have to be!” Her optimism might be surprising, given the recent grim news from Iran. Yet she follows events in her ...
Iranian singer and actress Googoosh, real name Faegheh Atashin, will start her upcoming U.S. tour in Orlando with a performance at the Bob Carr Theater on Saturday. Googoosh, 65, was encouraged by her ...
It's the mid-1970s in Iran, and the country's unassailable monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is throwing a private birthday bash for his eldest son, Reza Pahlavi. No expense is spared, which is why the ...
Members of the Iranian community in Mexico hold banners outside the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mexico City, while demonstrating against the death of Mahsa Amini. (Credit: Gerardo ...
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