Iranian protest photos powerful and engaging because they play on several elements of defiance. They draw on a longer history of Iranian women taking and sharing photos and videos of actions considered illegal, such as singing
“Egyptian journalist and author Mona Eltahawy once referred to the global systems that control and endanger women as the world’s ‘oldest form of occupation.’ Ever since hearing her speak in Dublin, I wanted to explore that thought in a piece.” “I wrote Swan Upon Leda in Ireland a year ago and recorded it recently with […]
For over a decade the platform has been the go-to place for the region's protest calls and urgent campaigns. Its potential demise has left rights groups in a state of shock