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The Iranian indie band Abjeez performing at Drom (NY) on their US tour last year in December.
Abjeez was founded by the two young sisters from Iran: Safoura and Melody Safavi, who were born and raised in Semnan, Iran to Iranian Azeri parents. In 1987, after the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Safavi family immigrated to Ostersund in Sweden. Both sisters were raised and educated in their new country. The younger sister Safoura has no memory of Iran as opposed to her older sister Melody. They became interested in music at an early age. Safoura composed her first song when she was 13. Since she asked Melody to write the lyrics to this song both decided to do more songs together which resulted in forming their band in 2005. The band was called Abjeez, which means in Persian slang "sister" ... and that's just what they are...Read more in http://www.DooBeeDooBeeDoo.info