A decade ago, Iranian singer Gola had to leave her country and family behind to pursue a...
Wellness trainer Amira Abdelkader introduced Gola to DreamWeek founder Shokare “Sho” Nakpodia, who invited her to take part in the event that closed the citywide summit.“She overlaps and identifies with so many people, but at the same time produces this unique being,” Nakpodia said. “And that’s what we want to express through DreamWeek.”
A decade ago, Gola made the painful decision to leave Iran and her family to follow her dream of performing music. She said women aren’t allowed to sing, record, or perform solo in her homeland. Good memories of home lift her spirits as she performs. Thoughts of family and home kept Gola going when she left on a one-way ticket to London and a new life.
Gola rehearses the National Anthem before performing with the Mariachi Las Valquirias to open the Mayor’s Dream Ball at the Tobin Center on Saturday evening. On track nine, called “Haghame” , she sings about her feeling toward the Iranian regime’s compulsory hijab law. She knows the subject well, something she said women and girls have been fighting against since the Iranian revolution.
They chanted, “Woman, Life, Freedom,” as they held up Amini’s photo. Women cut their hair and burned hijabs. Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour wrote “Baraye ,” thread with tweets by protesters that became an unofficial anti-government anthem around the world.
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