Robyn Friend is a scholar of Middle Eastern and Balkan linguistics, folklore, and ethnology, with a particular emphasis on the cross-influences of Turkish, Iranian, Balkan, and Central Asian cultures.

Robyn Friend is a scholar of Middle Eastern and Balkan linguistics, folklore, and ethnology, with a particular emphasis on the cross-influences of Turkish, Iranian, Balkan, and Central Asian cultures.

“The Music Theory of Al-Farabi“, previously unpublished, 1973. “Twentieth-Century Persian Music — from Solo Instrumental to Ensemble Performance“, International Folk Music Council, 1975 “Three articles by Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh: (1) Mūsīkī-ye Balūčestān (2) Mūsīkī-ye Būšehr (3) Mūsīkī-ye Torbat-e Jām“, translated by Margaret Caton.

Dr. Friend started writing children’s books in 2005; these 11 books are published through Cascade Pass. These include: 2005 – “You can be a woman make-up artist and costume designer” 2006 – “The Women of Apollo”, about 4 women who worked on the program that first landed people on the moon 2007 – “A Clean Sky” 2008 – “A ...

A first-generation Bulgarian-American, Dr. Robyn Friend is a singer, dancer, choreographer, and linguist who specializes in Iranian and Turkic folklore. Dr. Friend has studied dance and music with noted teachers in Iran, Turkey, and in the U.S.

JAMILEH “The Goddess of Persian Dance” Robyn C. Friend. Ph.D. First published in Habibi, volume 16, number 1 (Winter 1997) I first heard of Jamileh many years ago when a musician friend showed me a video of her from Iranian television in the 1960s and 1970s.

Artwork by Robyn Friend Oil paintings Gouache Pastels Drawings Dancer series Solo exhibition — 10 September 2022 to 12 January 2023 (the photo of Robyn is by Laura Mingo, 2017) Rolling Hills Estates, California

I had several Iranian friends and loved to study languages. Once I discovered a Persian language course was offered, my mind was made up! Here I was introduced to an intriguing world of Persian language, poetry, food, music, and dance.

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Embrace: A solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Robyn Friend 10 September 2022 to 12 January 2023, at Grand Street Arts, San Pedro, California “Embrace” is my exploration of the magic that I drive from the dance of Argentine tango.