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Lousnak A Great Montreal based artist, painter, sculptor singer and songwriter (...)
Buthina Canaan Khoury The documentary “Women In Struggle,” explores the lives of four Palestinian women, ex-political detainees, who grew up in the West Bank and in Jerusalem. While military ..."
Looli performs songs based on texts written by political prisoners. The "My Companions" performance was inspired by the following texts: "Plain Truth" by Monireh Baradaran, "The Unequal Battle" by Nima Parvaresh, "Neither Life, Nor Death" by Iraj Mesdaghi and "And Still Lives Our Story" by Hassan Darvish.
Golrokhe Jahangiri / Singer Eva Weber / Violin
ShadiAmin Sound technician and Manager
Daniele Ouanes Poet
Masoud Raouf is originally from Iran where he studied painting, Masoud Raouf has lived in Canada since 1988. After studying in the animation program at Ontario's Sheridan College, he produced and directed a number of animated shorts and public service announcements. He has also taught the art of animation in a number of institutions. (...)
The Tree That Remembers A film by Masoud Raouf 2002, 50 min 19 s
Shirin was born in Iran and begin singing at the age of six. She was invited to participate in children’s’ programs on national Radio and Television, and sang at social events and celebrations in schools and public festivals.
Shirin’s early passion for singing led her to train as a soprano in Iran, and gave her the opportunity to perform in more professional environments.
When a small window of freedom opened after the Revolution, (...)
Saeed Yousef University of Chicago. Poet, translator and literary critic. Studied Persian, English and German literature in Mashhad, Tehran and Frankfurt am Main. PhD in comparative literature from Toronto.
Numerous articles (mostly in Persian); editor of Poetry Periodical (1995-1996); has also published some books, including(...)
Amin Zarghami is a film and video editor/director. He has worked as a journalist for many years. He is currently the editor of JadidOnline, an online magazine and educational site for teaching multi-media journalism to Persian speaking journalists in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikestan.
Shahrzad Arshadi, a human rights activist and Montréal - base Canadian/Iranian artist, came to Canada as a political refugee on December 24, 1983. (,,,)
