Al-Arabia – An Iranian court has sentenced popular singer and rap artist Amir-Hossein Maghsoudloo, known …
Read More »How Iran’s religious singers help frame the war in Syria
Al-monotor – Religious singers, “maddahan,” occupy a unique place in Iran’s political landscape. They serve as eulogists and are called upon to perform at religious gatherings, such as those during the month of Muharram, when Shiite Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Hussein, their third imam and Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Of interest, maddahan have increasingly become a powerful political class of …
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