Thursday, November 21, 2024

Features

Musician Whose Song Was Used on Social Media Posts About Nationwide Protests in Iran Opens up About Anxiety

By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES, Jan 26 (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Tom Odell surged in popularity in the...

Remembering Lily Afshar, Master of Classical Guitar, University of Memphis Professor

By Nazanine Nouri The internationally renowned classical guitarist Lily Afshar passed away at the age of...

Prima Ballerina Haydeh Changizian Dreams of Reopening A Ballet School in Iran

By Katy Shahandeh Haydeh Changizian is an artist with an illustrious past. Formerly a Prima Ballerina...
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Kayhan Life Interviews Niyaz, the Iranian Musical Duo 

By Ahmad Rafat Niyaz is an Iranian musical duo created by the singer Azam Ali —...

Getty Villa’s Open-Air Persian Concerts Feature Fared Shafinury, Awardwinning Setar Virtuoso

By Fred Parvaneh On June 25, 2022, Farhang Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to celebrate and...

Iran Arrests Four Female Vocalists; Women Face More and More Constraints

By Kayhan Life Staff Authorities in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, arrested four female...
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INTERVIEW: Israeli-Iranian Singer Liraz Charhi to Debut Her Album “Zan” In London Concert

By Ahmad Rafat Liraz Charhi, a 31-year-old Israeli Singer of Iranian descent, will debut her album...

INTERVIEW: Singer Niaz Nawab Fuses Persian Poetry With Western Sound

By Fred Parvaneh   Niaz Nawab is an Iranian-born singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, and music teacher currently...

INTERVIEW: Hollywood Soundtrack Composer, Niyaz Founder Loga Ramin Torkian

By Fred Parvaneh Loga Ramin Torkian is an Iranian-born instrumentalist and composer and co-founder of the...

Singing About Hijab: Pop Vocalist Golazin Speaks to Kayhan Life

By Ahmad Rafat Golazin Ardestani, better known as “Golazin” or “Gola,” is an Iranian-born Trap pop...

Trading Shahnameh for De Kooning: New Memoir Recounts Historic 1994 ‘Exchange’

By Nazanine Nouri A new memoir by the late British art dealer Oliver Hoare tells the story of how, 30 years ago, he engineered a...
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Empress Farah Pahlavi Is Focus of New Book By France’s Frédéric Mitterrand

By Firouzeh Nabavi “Farah” is the title of the last book ever published by Frédéric Mitterrand, a onetime Culture Minister of France and a nephew...

Iran’s Clerics Will Be ‘Finished’ After Khamenei, Says Author Arash Azizi

 By Ahmad Rafat "What Iranians Want" – by the Iranian-born author and academic Arash Azizi -- is one of the first books to be published...

Marjane Satrapi Releases ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Book With Fellow Illustrators

By Ahmad Rafat Seventeen Iranian and non-Iranian illustrators including Marjane Satrapi have released a book titled “Woman, Life, Freedom.” The book, originally published in French,...

Salman Rushdie, Author Targeted by Iran Regime ‘Death Fatwa’ Releases New Novel After Stabbing...

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie's new novel "Victory City" will be published on Tuesday, nearly six months after a man repeatedly stabbed the...

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World Cup-Iran Soccer Team Meets Kyrgyzstan in Hopes of Securing Group A Lead

By Michael Church JAKARTA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - China's renewed confidence will face the ultimate test on Tuesday as Branko Ivankovic's side host Japan looking to build on consecutive World Cup qualifying wins against the team that dished out a comprehensive 7-0 thrashing in September. Victories over Indonesia...

Soccer- Iran Secures 1-0 Win Over Kyrgyzstan in World Cup Qualifiers

By Michael Church SAITAMA, Japan, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Bahrain stunned Australia 1-0, Qatar lost 3-1 to the United Arab Emirates and South Korea and Saudi Arabia were held to draws by lower-ranked opponents in a dramatic opening to Asia's third round of World Cup qualifying on Thursday. The...

Saman Soltani, Iranian Kayaker on Olympics Refugee Team, Leaves Games Full of Hope

By Kayhan Life Saman Soltani, a refugee kayaker originally from Iran, was one of the athletes competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of the Olympic Refugee Team – which participated for the third time ever in the Games.  Of the 37 male...

Iranian Women Athletes Win Medals For Taekwondo In Paris 2024 Olympics 

By Ahmad Rafat Mobina Nematzadeh, an Iranian taekwondo competitor, won a bronze medal in the 49-kilogram category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, becoming the second Iranian woman to secure an Olympic medal. Another notable performance at this year’s Olympics was from Iranian taekwondo athlete Nahid...

Olympics- Iranian Exile Alizadeh Edged by Old Friend Kiyanichandeh

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Former refugee Kimia Alizadeh bowed out to her old friend from back home in Iran, Nahid Kiyanichandeh, in a taekwondo featherweight contest at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, four years after she fled her homeland. Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal...

Olympics- Iran-Born Yousofi Sends Message for Afghan Women With Paris Performance

By Amy Tennery PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Kimia Yousofi finished last in her 100 metres preliminary heat on Friday but sent a message just by stepping on to the track, advocating for women in Afghanistan after fleeing the country to chase her Paris Olympic dream. The 28-year-old...

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