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Roya (given Name)
Roya ( en, dream, or vision); ( fa, رویا), is a female name, of Persian origin. It is common in Iran, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan. Notable persons named Roya * Roya Arab, Iranian musician and archaeologist * Röya (singer), Azerbaijani singer * Roya Ramezani, Iranian designer and women's rights campaigner * Roya Teymourian Roya Teymourian ( fa, رویا تیموریان, born 19 March 1959 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. Selected filmography Film * ''Women's Prison'' * ''Gharch-e Sammi'' * '' Beed-e Majnoon'' (The Willow Tree, by Majid Majidi) * ''Kafe Setereh'' ..., Iranian actress {{given name, Roya, nocat Persian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roya Arab
Roya Arab (born 1967) is an Iranian musician and archaeologist. Musical career Born in Tehran, Iran, Roya Arab learned the craft of singing during jam sessions around London in the early and mid-1990s. She was the first Iranian female to receive a publishing and recording deal from a major Western label, when she was signed as a member of Archive to Island Records in 1994, and the album ''Londinium'' was released in 1996. The band broke up shortly after. Arab went on to work with various artists, including Leila in Like Weather, Grooverider in ''Mysteries of Funk'', followed by some work in Paris with Zend Avesta and Naab, before working on a project with Mike Figgis. ''Courtesy of Choice'' (2000) by Leila was the last album Arab appeared on before a hiatus to study archaeology. In 2008 Arab sang on ''Blood, Looms and Blooms'', before joining Leila on a European tour in 2009. Arab started working with young Iranian musicians leaving Iran including Hichkas and Ash Koosha, and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Röya (singer)
Royala Yagub gyzy Najafova ( az, Röyalə Yaqub qızı Nəcəfova), known as Röya Aykhan or simply Röya, is an Azerbaijani pop singer. She is known for her liberal artistic style. Career Aliyar got Roya started with her singing career as a member of the W-Trio girls-band in 1999, with two other soloists: Elnara Khalilova and Natavan Habibi. In March 2003, Roya decided to leave the band to pursue a solo career and later, quickly became one of the country's most popular stars, enjoying admiration from a generation of young Azerbaijani fans. Her debut single "Bilersenmi?" was released in early September 2003 and her debut album ''Söyle'' was released in May 2004. From 2004, Roya gave nearly 10 solo-performances in Baku and about 15 performances across the country. In 2008, Roya gave two solo-concerts in March and July. In March 2009 she gave 2 live performances in Baku with a chamber orchestra conducted by Teymur Geockchayev. At the same time her third album ''Bax'' (Look!) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roya Ramezani
Roya Ramezani ( fa, رؤیا رمضانی) is an Iranian designer and women's rights campaigner. She was selected for the BBC's '' 100 Women'' programme in 2017. Career Roya Ramezani was born in Northern Iran and was raised in Tehran, but moved to Toronto, Canada, at the age of to be with her extended family and study. She studied at three different universities, including York University and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She began to work in a diverse team in Silicon Valley as an intern at Google, but realised that the women in the team were not interacting in meetings to the same degree as their male counterparts. This led to her thesis at SVA entitled "Exponent: Amplifying the Female Voices in Tech Discourse". Inspired by the Hansen Writing Ball, she developed a new keyboard to empower women to use more strong language by reducing the size of the keys and adding full-word shortcuts such as "claim", "disagree" and "insist". She moved to San Francisco, California, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roya Teymourian
Roya Teymourian ( fa, رویا تیموریان, born 19 March 1959 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. Selected filmography Film * ''Women's Prison'' * ''Gharch-e Sammi'' * '' Beed-e Majnoon'' (The Willow Tree, by Majid Majidi) * ''Kafe Setereh'' * ''Good to Be Back'' * ''Polaris'' * ''Conjugal Visit'' * ''Leather Jacket'' TV Film * Love in Persian TV Series * '' Jeyran (TV series)'' * ''Tenth Night'' * ''Madare sefr darajeh'' (Zero Degree Turn) * ''Saate Sheni'' (sand clock) * ''Shamsolemareh'' * ''The Recall ''The Recall'' is a 2017 Canadian-American science fiction horror film directed by Mauro Borrelli, and written by Reggie Keyohara and Sam Acton King. The film, starring Wesley Snipes, R. J. Mitte and Jedidiah Goodacre, was released on June 3, 20 ...'' References External links * 1959 births Living people People from Tehran Actresses from Tehran Iranian film actresses Iranian stage actresses Iranian television actresses 20th-century Iranian actresses 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
