My conversation with Faegheh Atashin begins with her asking why, after half a century of influence, I care to tell her story. Her humility takes me by surprise. As Googoosh, Atashin, whose surname ...

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Googoosh was one of Iran’s most famous women, a child star who grew up to become a bona fide pop culture phenomenon. She released hit albums, starred in acclaimed films ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, banning refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries, has reportedly blocked Iranian singer, actress, and cultural icon Googoosh from entering the ...