Tag Archives: Music
Video June 11, 2011

Video: Tribute to Iranian Heroes

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Featured, General, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics, Video February 11, 2011

New Song For Egypt by Wyclef Jean: “Freedom”

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Arts and Culture, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics, Video February 10, 2011

Music Video: Let the Earth Bear Witness

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Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, Must Read, Politics, Video August 6, 2010

Music Video: Another Brick In The Wall (Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!)

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Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, General, Must Read June 20, 2010

Music: Chris de Burgh Sings new Song, “People of the World” for Neda on the Anniversary of her Death

Chris de Burgh | June 20, 2010 From Chris de Burgh’s Official Site: “On June 20th 2009, during a demonstration in Tehran against what many felt was a fraudulent election result, a young woman called Neda Agha-Soltan was targeted and shot to death by a sniper. An innocent bystander, and some distance away from the [...]

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Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, General, Must Read March 26, 2010

For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure

(Pedestrian Blog) | March 26, 2010 I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now. BaroBax is one of Iran’s most famous bands right now (their site needs some English editing, calling them “an alternative video and music producer”) …And irrespective of how you feel about their music, they are part of the crowd [...]

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Arts and Culture, Featured, General February 19, 2010

Rebuilding music in Iran

(Boston Globe) | February 19, 2010 By Andrew Gilbert Masters turn to new generation The Islamic revolution that engulfed Iran in 1979 didn’t just sweep away the old political order. Under Ayatollah Khomeini’s strict interpretation of Shiite Islam, just about every form of music was banned, including the nation’s supremely sophisticated classical tradition with roots [...]

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Featured, General, Video July 27, 2009

We are Neda: Song and Video

Enjoy (Please thank WeAreNeda@gmail.com for this video): [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoZnlh3phbs& 285 234]

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Featured January 13, 2012

Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Featured December 28, 2011

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Featured December 14, 2011

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Exclusive December 10, 2011

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Exclusive November 28, 2011

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Featured November 24, 2011

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”