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Iranian Hip Hop: God, wake up! I’m just Trash.

Posted by Mike E on January 31, 2010

A fascinating window into a scene, and into conditions in Iran.

This entry was posted on January 31, 2010 at 3:10 pm and is filed under >> analysis of news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

2 Responses to “Iranian Hip Hop: God, wake up! I’m just Trash.”

Ehsan said

January 31, 2010 at 4:16 pm
51 seconds into the clip: “The class divide is so wide” is translated as “class struggle is so oppressive.
Makes a big difference.
nando said

January 31, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I was wondering about that!

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