Mohsen Namjoo and the Alaei Brothers

On November 19th, I went with my friend Hamid into Cambridge to see Mohsen Namjoo at MIT. Hamid doesn’t actually like Mohsen Namjoo that much, but I thought he was great.

The only problem was that the whole performance was in Persian. He said a couple of things in English, but even the introduction was in Persian. The only thing I understood was “Silence your cell phones.” I enjoyed the music, though, so the trip was worth it.

The best part of the event was that I got to meet Arash Alaei. On Thursday, I’m going to go meet both Arash and his brother Kamiar in Albany. There is an event that is being held in celebration of their release from prison and in honor of the work they’ve done on HIV prevention and treatment.

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