Part Two of the interview: Nasrin Parvaz is a women’s and civil rights activist from Iran. She published her book “One Woman’s Struggle in Iran” with Victorina Press in 2018 about her experience of being arrested, tortured and...
Celebrating Library Week in Brighton with a selection of live courtesy of Best Foot Music. Featuring Bashir Al Gamar from Sudan and Kourosh & Reza with some Iranian folk songs. Bashir is raising funds for a well in his home village near the...
Steve talks to the Kurdish musician Mansour Izadpanah about his life and work. Featuring a world exclusive premier of his new song, composed in exile and in lockdown with musicians across the world: Zayalay Awin, or “Love Echo.” In this...
Live from the Sussex Kurdish Community banquet at Hove Town Hall in 2014, with Kurdish folk music from Suna Alan.
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Osama interviews Farah about her life as a member of the Baháʼí Faith from Iran, now living in the UK and working tirelessly for the community.
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We meet the Bahá’í community in Brighton and Hove and learn about one of the world’s newest religions, with its principles of peace and universal unity.
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Steve talks to Mr Freeborn about the culture and music of the Bakhtiari people, nomads of southwestern Iran.
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Journey through the tribes of Iran with the folk band Rastak.
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Interview and readings from Ali Abolrezaei, banned from teaching and public speaking in Iran because of his writing, and Abol Froushan, one of the most important thinkers in post-exile literature. Ali Abdolrezaei Biography: Ali...
Live music and poetry from the Iranian Community in Brighton, with an amazing display of virtuosity on the santoor by Mr Shapouri and the history behind some mysterious Persian artefacts
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