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    How ‘Baraye,’ a song about Iran’s protests, became an anthem for women, freedom and an ordinary life

    TEHRAN, Iran — As crowds poured through the streets of Iran last month to demonstrate against the government, an up-and-coming 25-year-old singer named Shervin Hajipour began working on a new song. For the lyrics, he drew on tweets by his fellow Iranians explaining their reasons for joining the rapidly expanding protests. They were many. For dancing in the streets For our fear when kissing ...
    by Omid Khazani and Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2022 4 minutes
    A man watches a video of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, who was released in Tehran today after being arrested for his song in support of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Oct. 4, 2022. Hajipour, a 25- year-old Iranian pop singer and songwriter, rose to fame for the song "Baraye", "For", in which he put together messages posted on...

    TEHRAN, Iran — As crowds poured through the streets of Iran last month to demonstrate against the government, an up-and-coming 25-year-old singer named Shervin Hajipour began working on a new song.

    For the lyrics, he drew on tweets by his fellow Iranians explaining their reasons for joining the rapidly expanding protests. They were many.

    For dancing in the streets

    For our fear when kissing loved ones

    For my sister, your sister, our sisters

    For the changing of rotted minds

    He set the words to a mournful keyboard melody and titled it “Baraye” — “for the sake of” or “because of” in Persian.

    Then, on Sept. 28, he posted it on social media.

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