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 Shahin Najafi (born in 1980 in Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan, Iran) is an Iranian musician, singer and songwriter  currently residing in Germany.Najafi’s songs mostly deal with issues such as theocracy, poverty, censorship, child labor, execution, drug addiction and homophobia. In interviews, he has stated that he strives to use poetic, literary, philosophical and political elements in his music.Shahin Najafi was born in 1980 in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. When he was six years old his father died and later his brother became a drug addict and also died.He began writing poetry as a teenager and began learning the guitar in the classical and flamenco styles at the age of eighteen. He then became an underground artist in Iran, performing in both rock and Spanish music styles, working with various bands.He studied sociology at the University of Gilan and openly expressed his opinions about the university, leading to him getting expelled.