The singer-songwriter has always straddled between the worlds of globalization and the traditions of her homeland.
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Amir Darabi was a child prodigy. He started playing the piano when he was 3 years old. Later, he felt there wasn’t enough competition in Iran. But for an Iranian, getting to the US is a Herculean task.
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