#Shervin Hajipour

[womanlifefreedom]

Photo of a hand holding up a clipboard with a black and white pen and ink sketch of Shervin Hajipour, singer and composer of Baraye.

Source: X/ImNotMehdi

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Shervin Hajipour is an Iranian singer known for his song Baraye, which has been described as "the anthem" of the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests. He was arrested shortly after publishing the song.

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[isitandwonder]

Posting stuff on social media does not make a diff-

Oh, wait!

Without social media this man very likely would have disappeared forever.

[raziyekroos]

For Shervin

Who is now arrested for being Iranian people's voice...

For, By Shervin Hajipour

Please, spread his voice.

Credit to Shervin's fan

I'm tagging some of my friends who have bigger platforms than mine. please be our voice.

@khaleesiofalicante @onetimetwotimesthreetimess @rinadragomir @magnus-the-maqnificent @chibi-tsukiko @carelessflower @asterin-carstairs

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There is no going back. Iran can never forgive the regime.

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PLEASE HELP IRAN

The Iranian REVOLUTION is well under way. Keep sharing and using your voice!

Above is a petition to end the protest bloodshed in Iran. Below are more resources to lend your voice to Iranian Protesters.

Nagin Mahmoudi, who is also the mother of a 7-month-old child, was held hostage by Iranian Security authorities in Paveh city in the Kermanshah province and was relocated due to her husband’s activities.

PLEASE SPREAD AWARENESS! They will likely execute her husband if he’s caught. He’s a lawyer whose been helping out political prisoners also known as ACTIVISTS FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS throughout the Kurdistan province. They won’t allow her to be released on bail.

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Salma Hayek Pinault / Sara Mardini and Yusra Mardini / Haluk Levent / Shervin Hajipour / Zoe Saldaña / Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi / Bella Hadid

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“Baraye” by Shervin Hajipour won a well-deserved Grammy last night, but that’s the minimum that the brave people of Iran deserve.

This awesome “Rage Against the Regime” shirt, along with other great designs by Iranian artists, was produced by @theazadico to raise funds for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran @iranrights. Even if the t shirts are out of stock, I hope you still give some $$ to the center because they do invaluable work chronicling the human rights abuses in Iran, advocating for the people, and fighting for a transition to the democracy and human rights the people have been risking and losing their lives for.

Jin Jiyan Azadi

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Woman Life Freedom

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Coldplay - Sherwin - Golshifte

[her-soliloquies]

The moment ✨

[godofstory]

"if you ever wondered What is Iranian fighting for?"

this song was written by the chain of Mahsa amini tweets;by people and their dreams;the singer is now imprisoned by the regime.

For dancing in the streets

For the fear of kissing in the streets

For my sister , your sister , our sisters

For the chance to change all these rotten brains

For a father and his shame of poverty

For the envy of a normal life

For the working children who asked "what is dream?"

For this economy , ordered by one man

For this polluted air

For Valiasr and its worn trees

For Piroz and the possibility of his extinction

For all the Forbidden innocent puppies

For all of our non - stop tears

For the dream of repeating this moment

For a face whose finally smiling

For students , for the future

For this forced heaven

For our geniuses in prison

For the Afghanian children

For all these non - repetitive " For ..."

For so many empty slogans

For the rubble of the fake houses

For the feeling of peace

For the sun to shine after these long nights

For the tension and insomnia pills

For man , homeland , prosperity

For all the girls who wished to be a boy

For woman , life , freedom

for freedom

for freedom

for freedom

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Shervin Hajipour had better win the Best Song For Social Change Special Merit Award at the GRAMMYs tomorrow night for "Baraye."

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Please put any resources there is for donations to help Iran or to educate others about what is going on in Iran. Please if anyone could leave any sites to anything that could help Iran under the comments.

as a black person hearing about what happened to shervin hajipour and listening to his song baraye and hearing about what’s going on in the world of iran. it’s made me realize and step aside that y’all there is life much more than our own, not saying that we as black people still don’t have to fight our own battles but we are not the only ones fighting battles and people DO have it worse than us. it’s made me realize how much more privileged we are compared to some pocs or maybe most! listen to me. this ain’t about who has it worse and whose going through what it’s about human beings wanting to be free. Iranian people deserve to be free black people deserve to be free freedom to all poc, we are not the only one fighting for our lives and begging to be saved and helped and given an ordinary life to live. unlike Iranians we have the privilege to breathe cleaner air than theirs, have complete homes and roofs over our head, our children not getting brutalized and tortured and forced into psyches, access to food that we are able to just walk over and buy, the privilege to wear our hair out freely without worry of death our children being able to live innocently happily and freely we don’t have to worry nearly as much about our lives as Iranians. it’s made me realize that at least ME, I was thinking— I knew there was more beyond us but it’s like my main focus was our people, and that doesn’t mean I excluded other lives or didn’t wanna help but it was like giving a cold shoulder to the latter because I didn’t feel as though we received love from Iran or really anybody other than our black community I felt there was no poc unity so I became ignorant and blindsided to the other world issues going on in other poc lives hell I even began ignoring American news as well because I couldn’t take it personally the negativity and hate but that doesn’t matter. it doesn’t matter who hates or loves us as long as we are able to give our hand and help those who are fighting this same fight just like us may not be at the same caliber we may not be getting whipped and forced to work and our families taken and getting eaten and sold etc but there are other people who are going through there very own similar experiences that aren’t too far from our own at all. so can we please stand up for Iran, the woman of Iran, the men of Iran, the children, for everyone of Iran. all of them deserves freedom. Free Iran. Please we need to protect our Iranian brothers and sisters especially their children. I send my love and condolences to the family of Mahsa Amini and Nika Shahkarami and every life and family that has passed in protest, may they forever rest peacefully in spirit.

[womanlifefreedom]

Baraye means “for” or “because of”. The song has become an anthem for the protests.

Shortly after Shervin Hajipour posted his song to Instagram, he was arrested by the Revolutionary Guard but has since been released on bail awaiting trial.

The song was viewed 40 million times within 48 hours after its posting. It has since received over 95,000 submissions (83% of all submissions) to the Grammy Awards.

English lyrics

An article with more analysis of Baraye.

An article about the history of protest music in Iran.

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Updates as the Grammy’s go on:

Harry Styles won best Pop Vocal Album

Beyoncé’s song Cuff It won Best RNB Song

Willie Nelson won Best Country Album

Unholy won Best pop duo/group performance

Bad Bunny won Best Música Urbana Album

Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album

Beyoncé won Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Doctor Dre won the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award

Adele won Best Pop Solo Performance

Bonnie Raitt won Song of the Year

Lizzo won Record of the Year

Samara Joy won Best New Artist

Shervin Hajipour won Best Song for Social Change

Harry Styles won Album of the Year