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Foad turns “United for Baha’i Human Rights” into rap song

September 6th, 2009Esra'a (Bahrain)

A few days ago, we launched the latest video that the Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights has created to help promote the cause for Baha’i human rights. We are extremely pleased to note that Foad, a very talented artist from Iran, has turned that video into a rap song.

We conducted an interview with Foad a few months ago where he introduced himself as the following:

My name is Foad. I was born in one of the little towns of the Mazandaran province, which is located in Northern Iran in June 1987 (month of Khordad, year 1366 according to the Iranian calendar), but I was brought up in Tehran. Due to the numerous problems Baha’is face in furthering their education in Iran, I took refuge in Turkey when I was 16, and at the moment I am a student of electrical engineering in the USA. From the early years of my childhood, I have adored Iranian traditional music, and I play Persian musical instruments. However, at the moment I find that the Rap genre is best suited for me to express my inner feelings. My efforts are mostly focused on addressing the problems of religious and ethnic minorities – especially the Baha’is – through my songs.

We had sent a copy of the video to Foad, and he liked it enough to remix the music and add relevant vocals to the background. The result is amazing and you may listen to it here:


You may download the audio here.

If you would like to find out more about him, please read this interview.

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3 Responses to “Foad turns “United for Baha’i Human Rights” into rap song”

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  2. #2 Elizabeth (Israel) - September 9th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    I hope there’s translation soon!

  3. #3 جوانان خاورمیانه » بایگانی وبلاگ » موسیقی: ترانه‌ای رپ در حمایت از ح - November 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    [...] اسراء مطلب را به بالاترین [...]

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