Hooshyar Khayam

Khayam is the son of the Iranian writer Masoud Khayam, and painter Pariyoush Ganji. He grew up in Tehran at the time of the Iran-Iraq War, lasting for eight years, which caused his family to take multiple evacuations and short-time migrations in his early years. Between the years 1981 and 1989 “Music” in total – and with it, every genre of music except the Revolutionary Songs – was banned in Iran and considered a sin and an act against the rules of Islam. Music was taught underground. The cease of the War in 1989 and the “Fatwa” on the toleration of music were essential in his musical education.