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A video of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose protest song "Baraye" received more than 40 million views within a day according to some estimates, has quickly spread across Iran and to the ...
The song also served as the backdrop for several other forms of art such as video works, graphic design, and performance art. On November 11, 2022, Roxana Saberi reported the song as "the most viral tune to ever come out of Iran". [12] Since its release, Baraye has become the single most covered protest song in Iran's history. [13]
"Soroode Zan" (Persian: سرود زن, lit. 'Woman's Anthem') is a feminist anthem by Iranian singer and composer Mehdi Yarrahi.Composed by Yarrahi and written by Mona Borzouei, it is a protest song with musical composition of anthem style, released eighteen days after the Death of Mahsa Amini —which sparked a massive global protests all around the world— inspired by her death and its ...
Shahin Najafi released the song "Hashtadia" [201] ("The Eighties' [Children]", i.e. the young people born in the 1380s H.S. / the year 2002 onwards), and other Iranians who have published protest songs include Hichkas (the "father of Iranian rap"), Toomaj Salehi (arrested), and Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin (arrested, sentenced to execution). [202]
How 'Baraye,' a song about Iran's protests, became an anthem for women, freedom and an ordinary life. ... Iranian protest song 'Baraye' by Shervin Hajipour receives 95,000 Grammy submissions.
Toomaj Salehi (Persian: توماج صالحی; born 3 December 1990) [1] is an Iranian rapper mainly known for his protest songs concerning Iran's societal issues and the policies of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In July 2023, the Iranian Government sentenced Salehi to six years in prison for participating in the 2022 Iran ...
His song "Baraye" was later sung in global protests for Iran on 1 October 2022 in approximately 150 cities around the world. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In February 2023 twenty independent Iranian trade unions, feminist groups and student organizations issued a 12-point manifesto. [ 32 ]
Bob Dylan songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements in the 1960s.. A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).