Gordafarid (Iranian storyteller)
Gordafarid, Former name Fatemeh Habibizad (born 27 January 1977 in Ahwaz, Iran), is a Naqqal (storyteller) of the Shahname and is considered to be the first female Naqqal of Iran.[1] She is one of the first Iranian women to perform Persian folk theatre in Europe. She is known as the most famous student of Morshed Torabi.[citation needed] In February 2010, she immigrated to the United States and now teaches Persian at UCLA.[2]
Sources
- Gordafarid in the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity [3]
- Persian Wikipedia page of Fatemeh Habibizad on 17 January 2022 [4]
- Biography of Gordafarid with English [5]
- JadidOnline 20, 07, 2007 [6]
References
- ^ BBC Persian, Interview with Gordafarid the first epic teller of Shahnameh
- ^ WikiShahnameh, Biography of Gordafarid
- ^ Naqqāli, Iranian dramatic story-telling, retrieved 2022-04-03
- ^ "فاطمه حبیبیزاد", ویکیپدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2022-01-16, retrieved 2022-04-03
- ^ Story of Gordafarid a film by Hadi Afarideh with English subtitle, retrieved 2022-04-03
- ^ "Gordafarid, the First Woman Storyteller | جدید آنلاین". web.archive.org. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
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