Douglas John Cameron is a

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musician and composer best known for writing and performing a

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entitled "Mona with the Children" about a Persian Baháʼí girl aged 16,

Mona Mahmudnizhad Mona Mahmudnizhad ( fa, مونا محمود نژاد, September 10, 1965 – June 18, 1983) was an Iranian Baháʼí who, in 1983, together with nine other Baháʼí women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran on the grounds of bein ...

, who, in 1983, together with nine other Baháʼí women, was sentenced to death and hanged in

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, because of her membership in the

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. Cameron recreated Mahmudnizhad's story in a music video, ''Mona with the Children'', which made the pop charts in

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(#14 for the week of October 19, 1985). Partly to distinguish himself from new age composer Doug Cameron the name ''John'' was added. he also works with collaborator

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(also a Baha'i) on children's TV, notably

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, where he performed under the name Douglas John.

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