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The music of Iran has thousands of years of history, as seen in the archeological documents of Elam, the earliest cultures, which was located in southwestern Iran. There is a distinction between the science of Music, or Musicology, which, as a branch of mathematics has always been held in high regards in Persia/Iran; as opposed to Music performance, (Tarab, Navakhteh, Tasneef, Taraneh or more recently Muzik), which has had an uneasy and often acrimonious relationship with the religious authorities and, in times of religious revival, with society as a whole.
- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:57:14 +0000: Iranian director Asghar Farhadi keeps an open mind - iranian music - Yahoo! News Search Results
From a repressed industry, Iranian stays sympathetic to all his characters At the start of "A Separation,"the finest film you'll see this month, a woman and her husband sit side by side but distinctly not together. We're in a Tehran magistrate's courtroom, an environment with the vague, drab air of a waiting area that could be anyplace, any bureaucratic limbo. - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:54:18 +0000: Family traumas span US-Iran divide - iranian music - Yahoo! News Search Results
PALO ALTO, California - The idea of art imitating life is exquisitely implemented in the highly-acclaimed Iranian movie, A Separation , which has been nominated for two Oscars, Best Foreign Movie and the Best Original Screenplay. - Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:25 +0000: Iranian officials aren't laughing about Funny in Farsi - iranian music - Yahoo! News Search Results
When Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America went on sale inside Iran in 2005, Iranians snapped up more than 100,000 copies. Written by Firoozeh Dumas, the book had been such a success in America when it was published in 2003 that it was translated into Persian by Iranian poet and scholar Mohammed Soleimani Nia . Two weeks ago, Iranian authorities arrested Soleimani Nia ... - Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:30:32 +0000: Iranian court upholds Web programmer's death sentence - iranian music - Yahoo! News Search Results
Convicted of developing software used on a porn site, Iran's Supreme Court confirms the death sentence to Saeed Malekpour. - Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:13:16 +0000: CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Loga Ramin Torkian's "Mehraab" out January 31 - iranian music - Yahoo! News Search Results
Iranian born composer and multi-instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian is internationally recognized for his ground-breaking work with world music groups m: Niyaz and Axiom Of Choice, both of which he co-founded. Currently based in Montreal, Canada, Loga is now releasing his first solo album Mehraab, which brings his exceptional musicianship along with his highly innovative and complex sensibility ...