Nasim Eshqi discovered climbing in 2005. She grew up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, but it was only after leaving that Eshqi was able to find her voice and speak out against injustices facing women in her home country. In this story from Alpinist 85, Tom Dauer shares more about the climbing and activism that drive Eshqi, who became a human rights activist after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s “morality police.”
The siren appeared wrinkle free as she wore her red hair in curls while modeling pieces from Pomellato s High Jewelry Collection in Paris. She looked slim and youthful in black.
On International Women’s Day, Jane Fonda, Paola Egonu, Joey King, and Nasim Eshqi gather for #PomellatoForWomen to join their voices in a hymn to freedom.