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Green Martyrs
The Last Persian Prince of Poetry
by, Jill Swenson
December 15, 2011

On YouTube you can view hundreds of clandestine copies of the unofficial people’s anthem of Iran, “Ey Irani.” The identities of these underground musical artists remain unknown but the viral impact is political dissidence. On the streets of Tehran in 2008-2009, the song lyrics of Malek O’Shoara Bahar offered resistance to tyranny. The Green Movement and the Arab Spring now interest Americans as social media… [Read More]

Filed Under: Arab Spring, Green Martyrs, Immortal Song of Freedom, Joan Aghevli, Larson Publications, Malek O'Shoara Bahar, Parvaneh Bahar, Persian Poetry
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