She is known for writing about controversial and provocative subjects, especially when she describes the fight against the Iranian government. In 2007 she wrote the poem called "Pimps" (Djakesha). It caused a lot of discussion for being too vulgar. The poem is about those who live in Iran and in exile who have forgotten the struggle. She wrote her debut book, a collection of poems named "Minas Gift" (Armanghane Mina), at the age of 18. Thereafter she worked as a journalist for several well-known Iranian magazines, for example, Kayhan. She has written 14 books in total, the book "Who throws rocks" (Che kasi sang miandazad) attracting the most attention.
Songwriteredit
Assadi has also written songs for Iranian singers like Ebi ("Halah"), Dariush ("Zendegi yek bazieh" and "Ahay javoon"), Hayedeh ("Onkeh yek roozi barayeh man khoda bod"), Giti ("Oje parvaz"), Ramesh ("To aftabi, to baroni") and Nooshafarin ("Koh he ghavei") and Afshin ("delam az ru nemire) to name a few.
"Mina Assadi - the Forough Farrokhzad of today"edit
Ten days before the great Iranian cultural personality and singer Fereydoun Farrokhzad was brutally murdered in Germany on August 7, 1992, he had a poetry evening. This evening interspersed with poems, songs and political statements. There, Fereydoun compared his late sister, the greatest contemporary poet of Iran, Forough Farrokhzad, to Mina Assadi. A statement that was filmed and became the last video with Fereydoun before his death.
“In the time we live in, there are other Iranian poets like Forough as well… Simin Daneshvar, Simin Behbahani, Mina Assadi to name a few. In Stockholm, Sweden, where Mina Assadi is located I asked all the intellectuals in the hall, 500-600 Iranians, why they treat Mina Assadi badly? For Forough that is no longer alive you gather, but you pay little attention to Mina Assadi who is still alive… she is also a Forough… with white hair, without any makeup, she lives a painfully difficult life in exile… but no one pays attention to her and instead they down her. Have you ever heard that there was a memorial evening to honor Mina Assadi? Have you heard of one? Neither have I. She is a poet of the Persian language. One of the great female poets of our time.”
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