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MAHSA VAHDAT
(Musician, Iran)
17 January 2006

Mahsa Vahdat, singer, born in Tehran in 1973, is one of the voices on the CD "Lullabies from the Axis of Evil" (2004).

She participated in the Freemuse conference on freedom of musical expression in Beirut, October 2005. In this video, recorded during the conference, she is talking about music censorship in Iran, with special regards to the situation of female musicians.

 Mahsa Vahdat, click to watch interview
Mahsa Vahdat is one of Freemuse's ambassadors.

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Interviews & editing by Kristina Funkeson, 2005 & 2006


Mahsa Vahdat's homepage:
www.mahsavahdat.com

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