Two decades later, in 2000, she left homeland and re-established herself as a leading figure of the persian diaspora. Today she tours, records and plays to massive crowds in places like Toronto, Los Angeles and Dubai. She’s also become something of an elder statesman and advocates on behalf of human rights and women’s rights in homeland.
Here, we dig through Googoosh’s extensive catalog, discuss her musicianship and music, explore her cultural impact and legacy, and tell the story of an immense and — at least to most Westerners — little-known talent.Googoosh was born Faegheh Atashin on May 5, 1950. “persian stars were known by a single first name,” GJ Breyley, a senior research fellow at Monash University in Australia and an expert on persian pop music, says about the origin of Googoosh’s stage name.
