Iranians have been protesting for centuries — if you could read Persian, you’d know. They are a nation with a keen sense of their rights, and an audacity to speak up for themselves, whether it’s in the streets, on the page or on the web. Voices of Protest: The Iranian […]
As an Iranian woman, I require big changes in order to convince myself that a change in president would mean an improvement of my basic rights as human being inside Iran. No Matter Who Is President of Iran, They Would Stone Me / Lila Ghobady was last modified: July 27th, […]
There are women who will go to bed With their lover with my body And they will talk and kiss with my lips They will talk with my voice Pomegranate Tree / Mahnaz badihian(Oba) was last modified: July 27th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Angry soldiers fill with tiny footsteps the bellies of helpless women Tragic wars /Elnaz Rezai was last modified: July 26th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
June 28th, 2009 by Andrew Bostom | In 1919 Sadiqeh Dolatabadi (d. 1962), pictured above, published the first women’s periodical in Isfahan called Zaban-e Zanan (The Women’s Voice) which (unsurprisingly!) faced opposition from the Mullahs in Isfahan. Iranian Women Were Emancipated—on January 7, 1937 was last modified: July 7th, 2009 […]
The idea of Camp Quest is really to let the children decide what they think. So we’re going to run some activities on philosophy for children. UK’s first atheist summer camp was last modified: October 10th, 2021 by mahnaz badihian
Yes, it’s simple. From the outset, the regime targeted women, calculating that the patriarchal culture of the country would embrace the idea of an Islamic diktat that “put women in their place.” A tribute to Iranian women! was last modified: June 30th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Recent events in Iran have filled me with shock and mounting horror, and I send my heartfelt sympathies and support to all my friends and fans there who may have been caught up in what has become a huge international story. Chris de Burgh on Iran was last modified: June […]
Our green whisper In your young body falls sleep But our resonance will increase And multiply in number day by day Wait Neda By Mahnaz Badihian was last modified: June 26th, 2009 by mahnaz badihian
Above is master classical Persian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian in his car amongst demonstrators in Tehran June 2009. He is quoted as saying, “My voice is rubbish and rubble and therefore should not be heard.” This was in response to the President Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s comment referring to the demonstrators as […]