Outing Iran: Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat

By The Daily Dish

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From their Last.fm profile:

Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat are sisters from Iran, known primarily for vocals but also for performing the daf, a Middle Eastern drum. The pair contributed to the album “Lullabies from the Axis of Evil” (2004). Their first CD, “Songs from a Persian Garden,” was released in the United States in 2008.

View a longer version of the above performance here.

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