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‘Auschwitz’ is a hit Iranian protest anthem, part of a music genre rebelling against official antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi's protest anthem "Auschwitz" has taken a defiant stand against the Iranian regime's violent suppression of protests by invoking the metaphor of the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustIranIranian RegimeProtest MusicCultural ResistanceCyrus The GreatMehdi YarrahiShervin Hajipour

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Iran
"Last month, well-known Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi released a song titled Auschwitz, about the regimes brutal crackdown on protesters earlier this winter, which estimates suggest killed between 7,000 and 30,000 people over the course of a few days."
Athens, Attica, Greece
"Iranian refugees and Iranians living in Greece wave a Kurdish flag while singing the Iranian protest song of Shervin Hajipour during a demonstration to commemorate 40 days from the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini while in police custody in Iran, in central Athens on October 29, 2022."
United States
"Now living in the United States, he said the music also connects diaspora Iranians to the movement back home."
Israel
"According to Thamar E. Gindin, a research fellow at Haifa Universitys Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Research, music has been a meaningful part of the protest movement."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"According to Thamar E. Gindin, a research fellow at Haifa Universitys Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Research, music has been a meaningful part of the protest movement."
London, United Kingdom
"London-based Iranian artist Amin Big As 2018 song Be Name Iran (In the Name of Iran) channels this sentiment."
New York City, New York, United States
"Originally from New York City, she is a graduate of the dual bachelors program between Columbia University and Tel Aviv University, where she studied Middle Eastern studies and political science."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Originally from New York City, she is a graduate of the dual bachelors program between Columbia University and Tel Aviv University, where she studied Middle Eastern studies and political science."

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