The lyre of Mesopotamia is a reconstruction of the sample found by Sir Leonard Wooley from the Sumerian city of Ur which dates back to 4700 years ago. The lyre, whose vocal range is 5.1 octaves, is kept at the University of Pennsylvania. Two samples of this musical instrument have been reconstructed by Seyfolah Shokri. […]
Mehrad Rahbar has always been tuned in to events around him – the Iran revolution in 1979, the 1989 Montreal massacre of 14 female students and the Arab Spring that spread across the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. He considers himself a human rights activist and is involved in various Iranian-Canadian organizations […]
In collaboration with celebrated Iranian Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Parviz Sayyad Publication Year: 2017 Published in: Canada