Iranian Protest Music

Presentation Paper There are a few reasons that I would like to point out as the “goals” of the presentation. After studying about Iranian Protest Music I feel that it is a good topic to educate yourself on, or more like protest music in general is a good topic to know a little about. One of the goals was to educate our peers on what exactly Iranian Protest Music is, why it happens, and how it is done. We want them to know the history behind it such as how it dates back to the revolution back in 1979. This played a role in the publicity of the protests. We also wanted them to know about the most recent “uproar” with the protests in Iran. It is crucial in this topic to know about the protests during the election that happened in 2009, and the reasoning behind it. The Iranians didn’t like the fact that Amadinenzhad was supported by the U.S. so they were protesting the fact that his name was on the ballot. We also wanted them to know that it happens day and night, and what exactly the slight differences are between the two. The daytime is for the ones who don’t mind being in the limelight, whereas the nighttime chants are more for the ones who don’t necessarily want to be associated with the protests. Another topic that we wanted to touch and talk about was the movie Yar-e-Debestani-e-Man. This was a very meaningful video that kind of shows the soft side and the “heart warming” side of the protests. It shows the fact that two people were best friends as children, but life took them on two completely different paths. One went down the path of law enforcement, and the other went down the path of the protesters, two different sides of the fence. Once the masks are taken off though, and they recognize each other, they rekindle those memories, which in my mind kind of shows how everyone is a person, no matter which side of the fence you are on, we all bleed the same. One other point that I believe was crucial, yet a tad graphic, was showing the video with the song