Celebrating Iran's women's movement, the Diaspora Arts Connection in the San Francisco Bay Area presented a wonderful evening of alternative music by South West Asian and North African musicians under the musical direction of Vienna-based composer and instrumentalist Mahan Mirarab at the Freight & Salvage stage in Berkeley on Saturday, December 3, 2022. 

Performers included: Aida Shahghasemi, Elaha Soroor, Golnar Shahyar, Hamed Nikpay, Mahya Hamedi, Kiran Ahluwalia, Misagh Moradi, and Mohammad Khodadadi, accompanied by musicians Asaf Ophir on wind instruments, Bahar Badiei on oud, Mahan Mirarab on guitar and fretless guitar, Mohammad Talani on guitar, Niloufar Shiri on kamancheh, Safa Shokrai on bass, and Yahya Alkhansa on drums. 

A big thank you to the tireless efforts of the Founder & Executive Director of the Diaspora Arts connection, Nazy Kaviani.

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