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Metropolitan Museum Cleveland Museum of Art. Internet Arcade Console Living Room. Open Library American Libraries. In , Shahin moved to Germany. Dubbed the "angry bard", he continued to write and perform music that was critical of conditions in Iran: poverty, oppression of women, homophobia, censorship, ideological dogmas, violence and cultural taboos.

For a time, his career veered into rap and hip hop, bringing him fame among young fans back in Iran. These days, Shahin's music fuses rock, jazz, and blues with lyrics that demand change. In , Shahin released his most controversial song: Naghi. In it, he exhorts a Shiite Imam named Naghi to help solve some of the problems plaguing Iran. But religious hardliners called the song an insult to Imams, a crime severely punished in Iran, and used Fatwas religious edicts to demand his death.

Feedback fb tw. He began his music career in Iran before emigrating to Germany in Najafi's songs cover a range of themes, such as theocracy, poverty, sexism, censorship, child labour, execution and drug addiction. He strives to use poetic, literary, philosophical and political elements in his music. He studied sociology in university, but failed to obtain a degree after expressing a desire to learn sociology from within society rather than a classroom.

Originally working as a poet in Iran, he was also trained in both classical and Flamenco style guitars. He also began working with several underground music groups in Iran. Cooperation with Tapesh He was head of a underground music band in Iran before his immigration to Germany but he was banned for singing in Iran by the Iranian government after his second music show.

He was also the head of Inan music band in Germany. Then he joined to Tapesh music band.