Iranian-Canadian fights for women's rights through her music

In post-revolutionary Iran,women becameforbidden from singing publicly and faced persecution for doing so.TahereFalahati wholearned Persian classical music as a child growing up in Tehran was one of the many women whose literal voices were silenced as a result.

As you'll see in this short documentary from filmmakerAndrew deVilliers,Falahati'sfamily moved to Canadaand she was able to find her voice again. Andthroughsocial media, her music is nowreaching the country where she was once forbidden from singing.

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