Woman Life Freedom - Voices and Art From the Women''s Protests in Iran

The murder of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022 by Iran's morality police sent shockwaves throughout the country. Protests led by women spread to ninety cities in all of Iran's provinces. Videos on social media showed women in the streets with their hair uncovered, burning headscarves and even cutting their own long hair. Men soon joined the protests. Schoolgirls defaced portraits of religious leaders. Cries of Zan Zendegi Azadi in Farsi - Woman Life Freedom - echoed in mass demonstrations, which continue today. Woman Life Freedom captures this historic moment in artwork and first-person accounts by courageous women, including those too scared to reveal their true identities because of a repressive and vindictive regime. Featuring art, music and photography from the protests, this moving and inspiring anthology exposes hardship, hope and empowerment in modern-day Iran.

About the author

Malu Halasa is the editor of seven anthologies on Middle Eastern art and culture. Her edited volumes include the critically acclaimed Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (by Saqi Books) and The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design. Halasa has written for The Guardian, Financial Times and Times Literary Supplement. She was previously an editor at the Prince Claus Fund in Amsterdam, Editor-at-Large for Portal 9 in Beirut, Lebanon, and a founding editor of Tank Magazine in London. She is currently the literary editor at Middle Eastern arts magazine The Markaz Review.

Summary

A deeply moving testimony to resistance, this unique collection is the first to showcase art and writing from the women’s protests in Iran.

Product details

• Authors: Malu Halasa
• Assisted by: Malu Halasa (Editor), Halasa Malu (Editor)
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9780863569722
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-972-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Iran, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, ART / Art & Politics, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Demonstrations & protest movements, Political oppression and persecution, Other graphic or visual art forms