Biography shahin najafi new

Iranian musician (born 1980)

Musical artist

Morteza Najafi pour Moghadam (Persian: مرتضی نجفی‌پور مقدم; born 1980), better known as Shahin Najafi (Persian: شاهین نجفی), is an Iranian musician, singer, composer, poet, author, and political activist.^[1]

Najafi's songs mostly deal with issues such as theocracy, poverty, sexism, censorship, child labor, execution, drug addiction and homophobia.

In interviews, he has stated that he strives to use poetic, literary, philosophical, and political elements in his music.^[2][3]

Early life

Shahin Najafi was born in 1980 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran.

When he was six years old, his father died, and later his brother became a drug addict and also died.^[4] He began writing poetry as a teenager and began learning the guitar in the classical and flamenco styles at the age of 18.

He then became an underground artist in Iran, performing in both rock and Spanish music styles, working with va