Pegah and Drusilla Foer, a liberating hug. (IPA)
Pegah quotes Barayethe song of Shervin Hajipour who won at Grammy Awards 2023 in the new category “Best Song for Social Change”. Baraye has become the hymn to the protests in Iranerupt after the killing of Mahsa Amini.
The notes of the song start, Drusilla Foer he recites some verses, at the end of which Pegah adds what is at risk in Iran.
“For dance in the alleys» says Drusilla. “To dance in the street you risk 10 years in prison», underlines Pegah, and so on for dozens of other actions that we consider almost trivial, but prohibited in Iran. country in which «the desire to express one’s femininity is paid for with one’s life. More than 20 million people are below the poverty line. I’m in prison plus 18,000 intellectuals and dissidents that disappear in silence and […] a million refugees. If you are homosexual, you risk it the hanging».
Finally, they conclude in unison, «for all these “fors” that are not repeatable. […]For women, life, freedom. For freedom» and they repeat it three times. The two embrace, and it is the best moment of the evening.