Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran
Marjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with only one voice.
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The Contemporary Literary Scene in Iran
Salar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr
A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.
Letters From Tehran: The Girl of Revolution Avenue
In our Letters From Tehran series, Iranians write intimately about daily life in the city following last fall's Women-Life-Freedom protests.
Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”
A young storyteller in Kuwait is captivated by the lives of Filipina women he does not know.