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Iranian Girl In Conflict and Consent

Iranian Girl In Conflict and Consent

Natalie Abbassi is an Iranian-American artist based in North Carolina. In a series of self-portraits entitled "In conflict and consent", Abbassi explores the relationship between her two different identities: This project is a series of self...

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Underground art

Little Black Fish: Last week, a video entitled Runway In Subway caught my eye. Filmed on the Tehran Metro, it shows a young girl named Shirin Abedinirad  boldly entering a train carriage and asking passengers for their rubbish, in order to pin it...

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Tehran’s underground train missionaries

Religious women will be stationed outside of Tehran's underground stations in an effort to enlighten and guide female commuters back on the straight and narrow path. The Chief of Operations of Tehran's Metro system Ali Mohammad Gholiha, told Mehr...

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Freedom from the Plastic Slipper

The theme of clothing and preoccupation with exterior representation continues to dominate every day Iranian existence. We've seen the sustained crackdown on individual expression for Iranian citizens extending to hairstyle and dyeing, eyebrow...

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Iranian school girls talk openly

Eight years ago my colleagues and I set out to see what school life was like for 11-13 year olds around the world. I went to Iran, and spent several days with girls at a Tehran school. The building was a large house, once home to a wealthy Iranian...

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