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This clip features two videos posted to Instagram by a Persian woman named Samin Bolouri. In the first video, posted on July 12, 2020, Samin and her sister Behin are seen wearing hijabs and singing a Persian version of an Italian protest song titled "Bella Ciao." In the second video, posted on September 16, 2022, Samin and Behin are seen without hijabs singing a different Persian version of the song. This second version of the song is linked to the widespread anti-regime protests that have been taking place in Iran since Jina (Mahsa) Amini died after being beaten and arrested by Iran's morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. In the latter version, the sisters sang: "The cluster of our anger is thirsty for rain. Our rights are not petty... Finally, the chains of oppression will be broken by our hands."
Video 1, September 12: "The last curtain, a new life starting from a hill of ashes. From your mouth to all our voices, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao. We wake up on a moonlit night, someone calls: Hey people! Either we are all together or we are all alone. But we are awake until tomorrow. From your mouth to all our voices, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao. Either we are all together or we are all alone. A new day or an endless night. We will wake up on a moonlit night, someone will call: Hey people!"
Video 2, September 16: "The soil of this wheat is on the street, the cluster of our anger is thirsty for rain. Our rights are not petty, not like a heap of sorrow since our hearts are not far apart. A new world, a new beginning. The window to [our] dreams is open. Either we are all together or we are all alone.
"Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao. We will wake up to a moonlit night. We will stay up until tomorrow. Finally, the chains of oppression will be broken by our hands."
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