Woman Life Freedom (eBook, ePUB)

Voices and Art from the Women's Protests in Iran
Redaktion: Halasa, Malu

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mahsa Jina Amini's death at the hands of Iran's Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets, uncovering their hair, burning headscarves and chanting 'Woman, Life, Freedom' - 'Zan Zendegi Azadi' in Persian and 'Jin Jîyan Azadî' in Kurdish - in mass demonstrations. An explosion of creative resistance followed as art and photography shared online went viral and people around the world saw what was really going on in Iran. Woman Life Freedom captures this historic moment in artwork and first-person accounts. This striking collection goes behind-the-scenes at forbidden fashion shows; registers the sound of dissent in Iran, where it has been illegal for women to sing unaccompanied in public since 1979; and walks the streets of Tehran with 'The Smarties' - Gen Z women who colour and show their hair in defiance of the authorities, despite the potentially devastating consequences. Extolling the power of art, writing and body politics - both female and queer - this collection is both a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence. This is what protest looks like.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780863569777
• Artikelnr.: 68616107

Autorenporträt

Malu Halasa is a writer and editor based in London. She is the editor of several anthologies on Middle Eastern art and culture, including Transit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations, and Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran. Halasa founded Tank magazine and has written for The Guardian, Financial Times and Times Literary Supplement. She is currently literary editor at Middle Eastern arts magazine The Markaz Review.