MESC Readings

February 11, 2023: “Youth Movements and Resistance in Iran and the Role of Pop Music” with Dr. Mehrak Kamali (Ohio State U.) and Pooyan Moghaddassi

Reading “Underground, Overground: Rock Music and Youth Discourses in Iran” is optional.

• “Sounds like Iran: On popular music of Iran” by Mehdi Semati
  • PDF File
• “Underground, Overground: Rock Music and Youth Discourses in Iran” by Laudan Nooshin (optional)
  • PDF File
• The Story of the Protest Anthem of the Iranian Teenagers’ Revolution 
  • https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/iran-protest-anthem-teenagers-revolution-shervin-hajipour-baraye/
• How Music Plays a Role in the Iranian Uprising 
  • https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-now/news/music-helped-fuel-social-movements-throughout-history-what-impact-is-it-having-on-the-uprising-in-iran
• Songs for Freedom: The Power of Music in Iranian Protests 
  • https://www.resetdoc.org/story/because-of-woman-life-freedom-the-power-of-music-in-the-current-iranian-protests/