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 ...

Googoosh is an Iranian singer and actress of Iranian and Azerbaijani origin known for her contributions to Iranian pop music. Her given name is Faegheh Atashin, but she is better known by her stage ...

In a Zoom interview with Newsweek from her Los Angeles home, Iranian pop icon Googoosh recounts her celebrated career in pre-revolution Iran, the state-imposed silence that followed the 1979 ...

The first time Googoosh was asked to write a memoir, the request came from Iran’s Islamic Republic interrogators. Their goal was for the pop superstar to relay a “cautionary tale.” This, of course, ...

Her songs soundtracked the 60s and 70s, but the revolution silenced her. The legendary artist finally has her say, in this uneven memoir If you ask any Iranian to name the most important female pop ...

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 ...

The 73-year-old singer will perform in Abu Dhabi on January 20 as part of her world tour The popular singer and actress told Gulf News: "I can’t wait to have my first ever performance in Abu Dhabi.” ...