ABDIが熱心に語っていたIranの歌姫Googoosh(Gougouch)。
イラン革命の後長い間歌うことを禁じられていたが、海外で復活したという報道を何年か前に英語圏のメディアで見た。You Tubeのおかげで、今は日本にいながらこうしてGoogooshの歌を聴くことができる。ABDIにレコードやテイプは貰っているが、動画で見るのは勿論初めて。
Iranはこれからどうなっていくのだろう。あのイスラム革命（the Islamic revolution）はイランに何をもたらしたのだろうか。
参照：そのほかの日々：ABDI
A Bird Finally Sings
We're all aware of the 1979 Islamic revolution. This was partly a cultural revolution determined to eradicate what many felt was the destructive "decadence of the past." One feature of this cultural muzzling was the edict banning women from singing in public. Many artists and entertainers fled, however Googoosh "the former Queen of Persian pop" chose to stay in her homeland, silence her voice and live with the hell that followed: "For almost 22 years I stayed I my apartment sitting on a couch. I didn't go out of meet anyone as such. Sometimes I went out to buy fruits, or shop at a supermarket... It's been years since I heard my voice. I always hummed in a low voice. I used to sing so quietly that my voice developed a ceiling. I was always trying to shut down my voice." Well things have changed. In 1997 President Mohammed Khatami was elected, cultural freedoms have emerged, and Googoosh has been freed from her political bonds and has arrived in Canada to finally sing her songs. （From:www.
compuserve.ca/cpeh/forums/arts/alertarchive/alert20000728.html）
○IRAN tehran 1978 (googoosh)
○Googoosh's first concert, Iranian/Persian/Farsi
○IRAN GOOGOOSH live in concert (IRANIAN SINGER)
○Googoosh sings in French
○Googoosh.com 2007 Tribute
参照：異国ポピュラー音楽館（Author : kisara）
参照：Iran基礎事情：
参照：NORUZ（イランのお正月についてのペイジ
にリンクさせていただきました）
参照：Googoosh Videoをもっと！