Since the senseless death of Mahsa Zhina Amini, Iranians poured onto the streets in rage and mourning. #MahsaAmini and the Kurdish slogan cried out at her funeral, “Women. Life. Freedom” have become the rallying cry for a national feminist revolution that has captured the attention of the world. Join us this Friday at 12 pm ET for a Teach-In with Negar Mottahedeh, Sarah Afshar, Neda Shaban, and Narges Bajoghli on the uprisings and how to understand the historical, media, and artistic context in which they unfold.
NEGAR MOTTAHEDEH is a Professor at Duke University. She is the author of #iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life and Whisper Tapes: Kate Millet in Iran, about women-led demonstrations after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
SAREH AFSHAR is a scholar of Performance Studies and focuses on the aesthetics of everyday life, the materiality of visuality, and digital and new media.
NEDA SHABAN is a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on the history and tactics of the anti-compulsory hijab movement in Iran.
NARGES BAJOGHLI is an anthropologist of media and politics at Johns Hopkins University.