Maleki blogged under the nickname Babak Khorramdin, the name of an ancient Persian freedom fighter from Azerbaijan (Maleki is an ethnic Iranian Azeri). 
Maleki alikuwa akiblogu kwa kutumia jina la uandishi la Babak Khorramdin, jina la mpigania uhuru wa kale wa Persia aliyetoka Azerbaijan (Maleki ni mu- Irani mwenye asili ya Azeri).