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Iranian Vocalist Mamak Khadem Breaks Gender Rules With Music

By The World ⋅ October 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
Mamak Khadem (Photo: mamak-khadem.com)

Mamak Khadem (Photo: mamak-khadem.com)

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Iranian vocalist Mamak Khadem is breaking gender rules in Persian music, one of very few Iranian women singing this style of poetry in public, usually a men-only affair.

Khadem releases her new album “A Window to Color” with influences from Turkey, Greece and Spain.

Maria Bakkalapulo tells us how the music helped Mamak Khadem find her purpose as an Iranian woman and singer.


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5 comments for “Iranian Vocalist Mamak Khadem Breaks Gender Rules With Music”

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for this lovely piece on Mamak and her quest to keep the female voice alive, despite Iran’s Islamic government’s ban on women performers.  I’ve enjoyed Mamak’s musicianship going back to when she was a member of the ensemble Axiom of Choice.  I’d like to share a blog I wrote for “Academic Exchange” about the status of music education in Iran http://academicexchange.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/music-to-my-ears/.

  • Anonymous

    Amazing how many “persian” women speak on behalf of Iranian women.

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  • Anonymous

    Amazing how many “persian” women speak on behalf of Iranian women.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Cklara.Moradian Cklara Moradian

    Thank you for this piece. Great music and great interview

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