Kayhan Life, Kayhan London & HOMANITY present: Voices of Silenced Musicians of Iran Special Guest Star: Persian music icon Sattar Iranian star...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) in collaboration with Crowdsourcing Human Rights (CHR) is pleased to host a public event to release HOMANITY, a charitable compilation album that leverages the power of music to highlight the challenges faced by artists and musicians in countries with widespread censorship and surveillance. Although an integral part of Iranian culture, music is treated by the government of the Republic of Iran as inherently corrupting, is strictly censored, and can be punishable by imprisonment and even torture. This album features original contributions by Grammy-winning artists and producers and interweaves themes of civil liberties, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and social justice. This event will bring together participating female artists in conversation with CNN’s Elise Labott to discuss the unique challenges of producing art as a woman in Iran. Follow @homanitymusic on Twitter for updates on the album.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gelayeh/id289302832 https://www.youtube.com/user/TaranehEnterprise https://www.instagram.com/taranehrecords/ http://www.taranehrecords.com/ Email: taranehrecord@yahoo.com Music & Lyrics: Babak Raadmanesh Album: Gelayeh, Label: Taraneh

www.kiosktheband.com Kiosk's latest video, directed by Mostafa Heravi, documents the band's 2010 ten-city European tour. All shots are live. This song is from Kiosk's album "Triple Distilled: Live at Yoshi's" which was chosen as one of the top ten albums of 2010 by BBC World's "World of Music." The English translation of this song's lyrics are as follows: Between the red of finances and the red of tape I'm stuck at a crossroad A war path, straight to famine The other straight to misery I can't move forward, and I can't move back The good Samaritan could use a job, He could use a hand Which should we have chosen, knowledge or wealth? Knowledge plows for money, money bows to power As power and money spin the world Hey Man, Pull Over Pull Over, I'll get out right here... Come on, Brother, Pull Over, I don't want to be a bother.... Excellency, exalted Speaker, Savior of economies Our most pressing issue involves women and their arousing boots! And this is packaged and labeled as "The Great Plan to Secure Our Society" Crooks in the village, villains in the city Corruption in the books, corruption at the office Speaking of corruption, Mr. President, how's your mother? Mafia of football, Mafia of Oil, Mafia of Music, Mafia of Sugar... Your "Sweet Scent of Servitude" campaign is suffocating us Civic participation turned to Physical Abuse We thought things would improve- but we thought wrong They bought the era of Reconstruction and sold off era of Justice In the end reform was "reformed" Hey Man, Pull Over, Pull Over, I'll get out right here... Come on Brother, Pull Over, I'll get out right here... Kiosk, "the pioneers of Iranian rock" (The Berlin Daily Newspaper) are a blend of rock, gypsy jazz, and Iranian folk. As BBC World writes: "Their lyrics are a social commentary on the issues that affect the daily lives of Iranians all over the world."

Music: Cover (Original Song by Najmadin Ghulami) هێرۆ و فریا Produced by Hero & Frya Directed by: Naser Heidary Arrangement: Hero & Frya Mix & Analog Mastering: Masterpiece Studio (Masroor Sheidaie) June 2019 - KODENG STUDIO Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herofrya.official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/herofrya.official

Freedom Beat teamed up with Arash Sobhani of the Iranian band Kiosk, and Iranwire.com on a series of documentary profiles of contemporary Middle Eastern music artists who engage in nonviolent resistance through the medium of music. Arash traveled with journalist Jahanshah Javid to Turkey, Egypt, and Lebanon in August of 2013 to meet musicians, interview them, share ideas, and to play music together. www.freedombeat.org

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In Iran, women are banned from singing solo. It’s because Shia Muslim clerics in the religiously conservative country believe that a woman’s singing voice can be erotic. Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice In the past two years at least a dozen women have been sentenced to prison for singing in public, or publishing their work on social media. Most of them have left to avoid finds, prison or lashes. BBC World Service Women Affair’s Reporter Faranak Amidi speaks to two singers who faced prison for making music. See more videos of powerful women from around the world here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4chwVM2CcwuPeP2tnYIQpp8 Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Twitter: https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook: https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice