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Mehdi Yarrahi
Mehdi Yarrahi ( fa, مهدی یراحی,born 14 November 1981 in Ahvaz) is an Iranian singer, musician, and activist living in Tehran. He began his professional career in 2010. In December 2018 in a concert due to wearing the uniform of workers arrested in 2017-2018 labor protests in Khuzestan and for releasing the music video of ''Pare Sang'' (Broken Stone), he was banned from performing and appearing on stage/TV by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. After six months and easing the ban from singing in 17 July 2019, he was again banned from performing in February 2020. Awards * Best pop album (for the album ''Emperor''), experts' choice, the second annual ceremony of Musicema in 2013 * Best pop song (for the song ''Emperor''), experts' choice, the second annual ceremony of Musicema in 2013 *Best people's choice TV theme song (for the song ''Sazesh'' '''Compromise for the TV show Mah-e Asal (TV series)), the first TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raseef22
''Raseef22'' () is a liberal Arabic media network founded in 2013 based in Beirut, Lebanon. It publishes content in Arabic and English from different Arab states and describes itself as an independent media platform. International Media Support mentions ''Raseef22'' along with ''HuffPost Arabic'' and ''Al Jazeera'' as one of the biggest Pan-Arab online platforms. Name The Arabic word ''raseef'' () means platform or pavement, and the number 22 refers to the number of states in the Arab League The Arab League ( ar, الجامعة العربية, ' ), formally the League of Arab States ( ar, جامعة الدول العربية, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, E .... History Kareem Sakka co-founded ''Raseef22'' in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, which he cites as a source of inspiration. In an article in The Washington Post, he wrote that ''Raseef22'' was created as a "digital space for those eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
