Mona Borzouei

Mona Borzouee
Native name	مونا برزویی
Born	(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984 (age 39) Shiraz, Iran
Occupation	Poet, songwriter
Language	Persian
Years active	2003–present
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Website
borzouei.net

Mona Borzouee (Persian: مونا برزویی) is an Iranian poet and songwriter. Borzouee is known for writing Persian song lyrics for several well-known Iranian musicians. She was arrested in October 2022 during the Iranian protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Background

Borzouee first gained recognition for writing the lyrics to Shadmehr Aghili's song, Ashk-e man (Persian: اشک من, lit. "my tear") in 2003. She has written song lyrics for many of Iran's most celebrated Persian-speaking musicians, including Aref, Googoosh, Ebi, Mehdi Yarrahi, Shadmehr Aghili, Majid Akhshabi, Ali Lohrasbi, and Ehsan Khajeh Amiri.^[1]

In 2013, she published a collection of her lyrics, titled Taghdir (Persian: تقدیر, lit. "destiny").^[2]

Allameh Tabataba'i University cancelled Borzouee's workshop on songwriting after Iran's state TV ran a disparaging news segment about her.^[3][4][5]

Arrest

Security forces arrested Borzouee on 28 September 2022, during Mahsa Amini protests, for statements she had made on her twitter account.^[6][7][8]

See also

• ‌Mahsa Amini protests
• Detainees of the September 2022 Iranian protests
• Human rights in Iran

Sources

1. ^ اقتصاد, روزنامه دنیای (25 December 2014). "روزگار برزخی ترانه". روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
2. ^ "«مونا برزویی» با همراهی مخاطبانش از کتاب «تقدیر» رونمایی کرد". Musicema.com (in Persian). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
3. ^ "حاشیه سازی 20:30 برای ترانه‌سرای خوش‌نام موسیقی!". موزیک پارس (in Persian). 14 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
4. ^ "روزنامه کیهان (1393/04/01): تند باد ارتجاع از کارگاه ادبی مشارکتی‌ها". Magiran (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
5. ^ "گزارش 20:30 از خبر کارگاه ترانه‌سرایی در دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی +فیلم". خبرنامه دانشجویان ایران (in Persian). 10 December 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
6. ^ "سیزدهمین روز اعتراضات؛ بازداشت مونا برزویی در تهران". IranWire (in Persian). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
7. ^ "مونا برزویی، شاعر و ترانه‌سرا، بازداشت شد". ایران اینترنشنال (in Persian). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
8. ^ سایت VOA آخرین شعر مونا برزویی قبل از بازداشت برای مهسا امینی

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