Iranian rock band Arian performs during the 23rd Fadjr Festival...

Iranian guitarist and singer Sharareh Farnejad of Iranian ...
Getty Images;  December 24, 2007 ;     273 words ... ... Sharareh Farnejad of Iranian rock ... Full Size JPG ... Sharareh Farnejad of Iranian rock band Arian performs during the 23rd Fadjr Festival at the interior ministry ... collaboration with the Iranian rock group. If the Islamic ...

Article: Iranian rock group 127 sees SXSW an as opportunity.
The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... been a struggle. I don't know how much longer we can take this." On Saturday, the Tehran sextet will become the first Iranian rock band to perform in the United States, SXSW officials say. A milestone, considering President Bush calls Iran part of ...

Article: Iranian rock band wants gigs, not revolution.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  June 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and the others got word that they were accepted at South by Southwest. Festival organizers billed it as the first time an Iranian rock band would perform in the United States since Iran's revolution. The band cobbled together enough money to fly to Dubai ...

Article: God-Worthy Pop: Iranian rock 'n' roll. ...
Reason;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...IN IRAN, NOT even public lashings have subdued a multi-million-dollar black market for pop music, banned there since theocrats took power 22 years ago. In such a controlled culture, even the most sugary Western pop tunes are deemed a potent political threat-and, of course, a moral one. So in recent

Article: Persian gulf
The Scotsman;  February 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the women of Iran. It was my second visit to Tehran's Fadjr Festival, established the year after the Islamic revolution in 1979 ... Invited to return by Majid Sharifkhodaei, the director of the Fadjr Festival, (Fadjr means dawn), I was delighted to find that Dundee ...

Article: Artistry bridges Iran, U.S. divide; Performers travel from Tehran ...
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  September 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to let you in?' " Hartzell spent her visit conferring with Khaseb about "Mysterious Gifts" and seeing shows at the Fadjr festival, a prominent annual event in the Mideast. The 10-day fest was "enormous, with performers from all over Iran, Europe ...

Article: Tehran, Iran.(GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT)(Fadjr International Theater ...
American Theatre;  January 1, 2006 ;     446 words ...FADJR INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL: Plenty of international guests flesh out the 24th annual Fadjr Festival offerings. To name a handful: Neo-Noh Trilogy auteur Izumi Ashizawa of the U.S. (The Blue Rocks); Slovenian director ...