Laleh

Birth Name: Laleh Pourkarim

Place of Birth: Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan, Iran

Date of Birth: 10 June, 1982

Ethnicity: Iranian, Azerbaijani Georgian

Laleh Pourkarim is an Iranian-Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, pianist, record company manager, and actress.

Laleh was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. She is the daughter of Atefe Wasei and Houshang Pourkarim. Her father was an artist, journalist, and prominent ethnologist and rural sociologist. She has stated:

My mother came as a refugee to Iran from Azerbaijan and Georgia, my father is from northern Iran. Therefore, it’s hard for me to say that I only feel like an Iranian when her Azerbaijani background is in me and was important to her.

Her family left Iran in 1983 to live in Azerbaijan, and later to Minsk, Belarus. Laleh also spent some time in Berlin, Germany. She moved to Sweden when she was eight.

Source: https://www.expressen.se

4 Responses

  1. Akwaba says:

    “Wasei” is a unusual name, it sounds more East Asian

  2. sajmonn says:

    Her mother was called Atefe Wasei and was born in Teheran, Iran, so Georgia doesn’t make any sense here.
    https://www.expressen.se/gt/kultur/jag-tog-var-bebis-i-famnen-och-sprang/

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