“Middle East NOW” is an annual international festival on cinema, art and culture of the Middle East and North Africa held in Florence since 2010. For more info visit our website: http://www.middleastnow.it
 
Through our podcasts we aim to spread and promote quality music; produced by musicians who have ties to the Middle East and North Africa. Our main focus is on the independent music scene and young rising talents.

This broadcast started in January 2014. 
Our podcasts are mixed by Saeed Aman.
SAFAR mixes are created by guest DJs.

Contact: sound.middle.east@gmail.com

Profile image illustration by Nour Flayhan
Cover illustration by Leila Mostofi

Heydar Hedayati (Heydoo) is an Iranian composer, singer, photographer, and videographer born in 1990 in southern Iran (Bushehr).
Heydoo was introduced to folk music and local songs at a young age by his family. He initially played the بوشهری نی‌همبانه (Ney-Anbaneh) and percussions. At the age of 15, he began learning the piano. After moving to Tehran, he studied filmmaking.
Since 2010, Heydoo has been working professionally as a documentary and social photographer, and has held several solo and group exhibitions.
In the field of music, Heydoo has released one album called "Tirishko" and several singles in collaboration with artists such as Fardin Khalatbari and Mehyar Alizadeh. He has also conducted research on Iranian seafaring music and labor music for many years, resulting in the publication of several videos focusing on the ethnography and folk music of different regions of Iran.

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