Azam Ali
Singer, Composer
The recent accusations & now admission of guilt of sexual abuse and attempted rape against well known Iranian singer/songwriter Mohsen Namjoo are sending waves of disappointment, pain & anger through both the Iranian community as well as worldwide with all his fans.
Having finally caught up with all the facts which are still coming in, I feel it is important for me as a woman & a public figure to add my voice to the chorus of outrage, particularly since yesterday I found out that one of his accusers is a woman I know. I have seen some good men taken down by the
#metoo movement solely for their sexual predilections which should have remained a private matter, but this case by the hour, is proving to be otherwise.
All you women who are his friends & friends of mine on FB who are self proclaimed feminists, & are remaining silent & closing ranks behind him, we see you & we hear your silence.
I am strongly against toxic cancel culture of any kind & believe even the worst of us are not beyond the pale of forgiveness & redemption. How Namjoo proceeds from here will determine his reclamation or his ruin. Regardless, his true character will emerge out of these ashes.
What he will in my opinion never ever recover from are the shocking & abhorrent statements he made in the leaked audio in which he speaks of women, ALL Iranian female singers & women’s rights activists, with such contempt, hate, disrespect, superiority & chauvinism.
Here are a few of the gems from this leaked audio. The sexual allegations aside, these misogynist statements with his own words & voice are enough for me to withdraw any respect I once had for him.
"One hour of my breathing is worth six months of the life of my accusers."
“There is not a single living Iranian female singer who can sing & I say this as a singer.”
“No doesn’t mean no. All Persian literature can be interpreted like this”
“I have more followers now on IG & Spotify, so there is no such thing as bad publicity”
Great one!
More power to Azam Ali
Well, I was not a follower but I was a fan of his music, but he lost me.
Hi there ms. SOuri. good to see u in here :))
Yeah about this freak show.. I always had my doubts about him. just kinda looked weird and off -balance.
Now the creep gets what he rightfully deserves. A Trip to Mar-e-lago~
But on the serious side, this is what happens when so-called artists and those with a ittle bit of talent here and there, all of a sudden get a boost from people who themselves are utterly clueless about art and singing and all they do is resort to do a super-heavy marketing blitz promoting anyone and everyone in the name of "preserving iranian traditional values " and promoting modern culture.
Hi AmericaRules
Well said.
Unfortunately I don't remember you. Would you please refresh my memory please? What was your old username?
All the bests;
Hi there Ms. Souri
How soon we forget:)
In one of your recent trips to iran we had a chance to meet .
I also met your cousin. How is she btw?
Namjoo brings a lot of truth to the notion of the expression, it went to his head
The lack of humility and true sense of apologizing is just amazingly evident
Oh, now I know Mr K.
How are you doing? and your parents?
Hope all's well with you and the family.
Actually that was the only trip to Iran that I did in almost 40 years :)
Thanks for the note.
All the bets;