In the 1960s and 1970s, Kurdish people in South Kurdistan became acquainted with the voice and image of an artist through a song or manologue called “How can I not laugh at this young man” composed by Hassan Dilsoz.
While Kurdish and Iraqi youth were busy with the phenomenon of hippie, Khanafs and Charleston, the level of culture and patriotism was in danger, Dilsoz, who was a political activist before becoming an artist, decided to make this work a reward for those who are busy with this phenomenon , so that he could make a difference in the society of that time.
In 1964, Hassan Dilsoz met the great Kurdish artist Ali Mardan in Baghdad as a young artist and was seen as an artist for the first time. Regarding this he says “When I passed the exam in front of the great artist, I lost consciousness when I crossed the road in front of the station and I was swimming in the imagination and thought of art and music After this incident, I recorded several songs, including How to laugh at this young man in 1969 on the Baghdad station, which is my own music and lyrics, as well as for the artist (Ali Hussein Wandi) the famous songs (Ay Hausikey Ber Panjara) and (Ay Kewi Gyanm Kewi) and (Barde Barde). I recorded the song “Awati Dil” in Baghdad and later it was broadcast on Kirkuk TV. In 1974, in Khanaqin, I performed a monolog (Kranshini or Kre Chi) with my own lyrics and music with Nasr Hassan, which was the first time in the history of Iraq and Kurdistan that such works were done with a cinematic camera. I have done many works, especially during the month of Ramadan, and I have 40 works, most of which have been recorded in Baghdad.
Hassan Dilsoz because he was a struggling, Kurdish and patriotic man, he was arrested, expelled and tortured throughout his life during the late Ba'athist regime. He was sent to Qasr-e-Nhaya in 1970, Khanaqin and Baquba prisons in 1978, and the last time in 1995 to the Baghdad Public Security. This resistance and disobedience to the terrible regime strengthened his loyalty, but the regime officials did not allow him to even visit his hometown. [1]