Ziba shirazi biography
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Ziba Shirazi fryst vatten an Iranian-American poet, singer, songwriter and storyteller. As a poet and music artist, she is best known for her poignant songs and storytelling through poetry. Ziba’s compositions blend together flavors of Persian melodies with world music and jazz.
In 1985, Ziba left Iran for the United States, where despite all difficulties she single-handedly produced and promoted sju albums. Referred to as the “Voice of Women” in the Iranian community, Ziba’s lyrics are colored by passionate feminist tones, love, compassion and universal human stories.
In 2009, Ziba created Story & Song, a lyrical storytelling performance, set to live music with film projections featuring stories of Iranian immigrants and their struggles since the Islamic Revolution. Another one of Ziba’s lifetime dreams was achieved in spring of 2014, when she staged her first musical production, Spring Love, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts.
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Ziba Shirazi
Ziba Shirazi is an Iranian-American writer, poet, singer, songwriter, storyteller and ghostwriter. As a poet and music artist, she is best known for her poignant songs and storytelling through poetry. Shirazi's compositions blend flavors of Persian melodies with world music and jazz.
Early life and education
[edit]Shirazi grew up in Iran, surrounded by music in a family of musicians and music lovers. She started writing poetry at 15 and dreamed of one day becoming a performer. In her teens, she became enchanted by the American musicals, My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof, featured in the movie theatres in Tehran, and later on Broadway musicals continued to be a great source of inspiration.
In 1985, Shirazi left Iran for the United States, where she produced and promoted the first of seven albums, Red Apple, in 1991. This album, rejected by Iranian music producers for its unconventional lyrics and melodies, became a success soon after its launch.
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IRANIAN DIASPORA IDENTITIES
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Iranian Diaspora Identities: Stories and Songs combines oral history, storytelling, theories of communication, and performance studies into a unique study of an immigrant community. This book is the result of collaborative work between two Iranian-American immigrants. Ziba Shirazi is a well-known musician, artist and performer. Kamran Afary is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Cal State Los Angeles and a journalist and author. Using ethnographic, dramatistic, and oral history approaches, Ziba Shirazi gathered these stories of diaspora journeys of Iranians living in California and Toronto in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. These stories were transcribed and developed into short performance pieces that included lyrics and songs and were performed in the United States and Canada to thousands of people in theater venues and libraries. These stories constitute a unique archive of the history of contemporary Irani