March 21, 2008 6:30
Happy Nowruz!
Here's a YouTube clip of Googoosh singing "Makhloogh", a Persian love song, on the occasion of the Iranian New Year today. (Thanks to Bahram9821)
TIME caught up with the legendary Iranian singer and ex-film star, who is still very popular with Iranians inside and outside Iran, a few Nowruzs ago. Read the story and the Q&A.
--By Scott MacLeod/Cairo
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Tim McGirk, TIME's Jerusalem Bureau Chief, arrived in the Middle East after covering Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Read more
Scott MacLeod, TIME's Cairo Bureau Chief since 1998, has covered the Middle East and Africa for the magazine for 22 years. Read more
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Reader Comments (1)
I will free my people -_- you'll see...
Posted by nk+ | March 22, 2008 10:16 AM