Parviz Khatibi

Parviz Khatibi was a journalist, writer, director, playwright, songwriter, social and political critic. Parviz Khatibi was born on May 18th, 1923 in Tehran, Iran. His mother was the daughter of Mirza Reza Kermani, a liberal political activist and the assassin of Naser' din Shah Qajar.

      At age 13, he wrote his first poem to be published in the only satire newspaper of that time called Towfigh. By the age of 17 he became Towfigh's youngest editor in chief. At age 21, Khatibi gradusted from American College in Tehran. He then started to publish his own weekly political satire paper called Bahram, and later Ali Baba another paper. Haji Baba, which went on to become one of the most popular papers of its time. In his early twenties Khatibi began writing saterical songs later he became accomplished playwright of comedies. He produced, wrote and directed over 23 films all together. and wrote over 3,000 radio plays.

Khatibi's magazine Haji Baba was banned, he was imprisoned and banned from working for any Iranian government entity for many in 1953.

      After the Revolution Khatibi once again began publication of Haji Baba but it was again banned by the Islamic Republic of Iran and he went into exile.

Two of his more memorable songs were Burdi az yadam sung by Dilkish and Afsana zindagi sung by Kuroush Sarhangzadeh in the Golha. He died in1993, in Los Angeles, California at the age of 71.