Soltane Ghalbha

Gol o Bolbol Go Viral: Iranian Protest Songs in the Age of Social Media

Gol o Bolbol Go Viral: Iranian Protest Songs in the Age of Social Media

Iranian protest songs like “Soltane Ghalbha”, which lyrically invoke “structures of feeling” connected to the loss and grief of a loved one, achieve an encoded additional layer of resistance when paired with the specific images and stories of lost young Iranians.