From the Evin Prison
the lyrics of this song are based on words from letters by Mahvash Sabet. read about her letter & story
Mahvash Sabet is an award-winning poet and teacher from Iran. In 2017, she was chosen as the winner of the PEN Pinter Prize for a Writer of Courage by fellow poet Michael Longley.
Having already spent several long years in detention between 2008 and 2017, Mahvash Sabet was once again arrested in Iran in July 2022. She has since been sentenced to a further ten years in Iran's notorious Evin prison on spurious charges and is currently fighting for her life due to serious illness.
Bijan Khadem-Missagh wrote this song in honour of Mahvash Sabet and all innocent people unjustly being persecuted.
music by Bijan Khadem-Missagh
interpretation by the Dawn of the Light Collective
featuring Tina Zormandan, vocals & arrangement
Monika Lang, piano
Marina Waigl, santur
Bijan Khadem-Missagh, violin
Thomas Lang, recording engineer
produced by Bijan Khadem-Missagh
video by Alexander Rieck
Ten Women of Faith
Mona Mahmoudnejad, 17
Mahshid Niroumand, 28
Simin Saberi, 24
Zarrin Moghimi-Abyaneh,29
Roya Eshraghi, 23
Akthar Sabet, 25
Ezzat Janami Eshraghi, 57
Shahin Dalvand, 25
Nosrat Ghufrani Yaldaie, 46
Tahereh Arjomandi Siyavashi, 30
a song in honour of ten innocent
Bahái women executed on June 18, 1983 in Iran.
Their only crime was their belief
in the Bahái Faith. read about their story
composition by Bijan Khadem-Missagh
interpretation by the Dawn of the Light Collective
featuring Elika Mahony, Ali Youssefi and Mona Golzar
video-Trailer by Ryan Haidarian
produced by Jarome Matthew