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Category Archives: Iranian protests

1. Humaira Abid: Confronting Women’s Oppressions

   Women’s rights are front and center as Iran erupts in anger at its oppressive extremely conservative government after Mahsa Amini a young woman  died from being  beaten by the so-called morality police. Two 16 year old girls Sarina Esmailzadeh and Nika Shakrami,  have also died in the protests. In this country, the repeal of Roe […]

   This entry was posted on October 17, 2022 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, Feminism, Iran, Iranian protests, Iranian Women, Uncategorized.

   Tags: feminism, honor, Humaira Abid, Iran, Islamic Women, Mehraneh Ebrahimi, oppressions, pacifiers, Pakistan, red, refugees, swings, women, Women Art and Literature in the Iranian Diaspora

2. “In the Fields of Empty Days: Intersections of Past and Present in Iranian Art,”

   “In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in  Iranian Art” at The Los Angeles County Museum  is a show on a crucial topic. Although much of the work is contemporary, note that the title does not say that. Tirafkan’s image speaks volumes of the intersection of past and present that […]

   This entry was posted on June 25, 2018 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Iran, Iranian protests, Iranian Women, Uncategorized.

   Tags: "In the Field of Empty Days" "The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art", Abbas, Ardeshir Mohassess, Fereydoun Ave, Iranian Art, Kaveh Golestan, Kimon Evan Marengo, Linda Komaroff, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Malekeh Nayiny, Parviz Tanavoli, Ramin Haerizadeh, Sadegh Tirafkan, Shahnama, Shoja Azari, Siamak Filizadeh, Yasmin Sinai

3. Honor the Iranians

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y98r5CVP7UThere are several moving slide shows on You Tube of which I am giving a link to one. The photographer Farhad Rajabali has courageously signed some of his photographs. We see so many different people. It is incredible that Ahmadinejad can attribute their activism to Israel and US who have every reason to keep the […]

   This entry was posted on December 31, 2009 and is filed under Iranian protests.

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