Hejrat

Googoosh was the most celebrated pop-singer of Iran during the 1970's before the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Afterwards, many Iranians fled to the United States and Europe, and Googoosh's voice resonated as the soundtrack of their former lives. The song "Hejrat" translates to "Migration", and is commonly interpreted as a song of mourning for a lover who has departed. We hoped to reframe it as a medium for telling the story of Iran itself and the many diasporic Iranians.