My conversation with Faegheh Atashin begins with her asking why, after half a century of influence, I care to tell her story. Her humility takes me by surprise. As Googoosh, Atashin, whose surname ...

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Googoosh was one of Iran’s most famous women, a child star who grew up to become a bona fide pop culture phenomenon. She released hit albums, starred in acclaimed films ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Albums from Morrissey, M. Ward, and 18 More On a Tuesday afternoon, during the lunchtime rush at Los Angeles’ über-trendy ...

Googoosh is an Iranian singer and actress of Iranian and Azerbaijani origin known for her contributions to Iranian pop music. Her given name is Faegheh Atashin, but she is better known by her stage ...

Her songs soundtracked the 60s and 70s, but the revolution silenced her. The legendary artist finally has her say, in this uneven memoir If you ask any Iranian to name the most important female pop ...

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 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, banning refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries, has reportedly blocked Iranian singer, actress, and cultural icon Googoosh from entering the ...