Roqe Ep. 297 - MP Golriz Ghahraman, Sina Bathaie

A new edition of Roqe featuring interviews with human rights lawyer and New Zealand MP Golriz Ghahraman joining Jian from Wellington, and Iranian-Canadian multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, Sina Bathaie, performing in the Roqe Studio. Golriz, the first-ever refugee to be elected to parliament in New Zealand, discusses growing up in Iran, her personal story told in her latest book about identity, her rise to political office, and the current situation in the Middle East. Sina joins Jian in the studio on the release day of his latest track, “Tehran,” for an interview about growing up in a musical family in Yazd, taking his music career full-time now, and creating a fusion of modern and traditional sounds in his electronic grooves…and he performs a brand new improvisational composition in the Roqe Studio. Plus Pegah and Jian remember little Kian Pirfalak, and debate the musical preferences of Persians in their cars... https://www.sinabathaie.com/