i went to iran on march 17th 2016 to take my baby girl, to show her to my family, and that wasn t the first time that she was going to iran. but we would always go for nowruz holiday, which is the new year in iran, purely because the city is empty, the weather is nice and especially the holiday season. but also, the two weeks that i was in iran, everywhere was closed and we felt like it s a good time to hang out with family. while i was coming out of iran, at the airport in tehran, i was arrested without being told what was the problem. theyjust said, there is something wrong about your passport, and, of course, my daughter was 22 months old, very little. where did she go when you were arrested in the airport? my parents were inside the airport with me and i was queuing up for the check in, so i gave the baby to them. they told me, you are going to be released in the morning, so everything is going to be fine, it s just a couple of questions, which it wasn t. i did not know w
“You don’t have to be super artsy, just come in and use your hands,” said Christine Riopelle, recreation assistant and volunteer at the Apache Arts and Crafts Center on Fort
Exactly. i think there is one thing about the women wards and that is the solidarity. so women were building a life inside the walls to remind themselves that there is a life outside the walls. so there was a lot of getting together and doing things in groups. we had knitting, we had sewing, we had yoga, we would cook together. so cooking was part of the everyday routine, but also teaching each other things. so we had people who would teach us philosophy and talk about it. we had a gynecologist in prison who would talk about female problems. that sounds quite useful to know. exactly. so whoever had any skill. would share it. ..would share it. did you impart any? i think i was there long enough. towards the end, i was teaching different things, like leather work, yoga. you were teaching yoga? wow!