Forough Alaei, Underneath the Calm Streets of Iran
Since Mahsa Amini’s violent death in September 2022, many women have dared to rebel against the official state rules of conduct. In her series, the Iranian photographer (born 1989) portrays young Iranian women who live the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom”, with confidence. Whether dancer or restaurant manager, motorbike racer, car mechanic or stunt woman: a new generation of young women is visibly fighting for their rights.
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In 2021/22, the 15-year-old Hasti Rezaei was the youngest female motorcross champion in Iran and the United Arab Emirates, 2023
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Motocross rider Hasti Rezaei trains at the parcours every week-end, 2023
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Gohar was a fisherwoman for 35 years. Now she works in a restaurant on the island of Hengam, 2019
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Marziyeh, 37, is a cook on the island of Hengam, the only island where women can fish professionally, 2019
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Dancer and dance trainer Sogol performs Flow Arts (disciplines such as juggling or fire spinning) in a park in the north of Teheran, 2022
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Aida stands on the “rooftop of Teheran” (Bam-e Tehran). Like many, she only wears her scraf on her head when she must, 2023
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Mahsa, a 34-year-old engineer, has no longer been wearing a hijab for six months. Civil resistance satisfies her and makes her self-confident, 2023
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Painter Elmira (standing on the balcony) lives in Canada. Her sister Elahe, a voice-over actress (projection on the building wall), has plans to emigrate, 2020
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Zeinab is an enthusiastic football fan and dresses up as a man so as to get into the stadium. In 209, she had to leave Iran, 2018
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The silhouette of an Iran nurse, 28, behind her scarf, that she takes off in solidarity with protesters, 2022
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Employee Sahar, 33, took off her headscarf a week after the death of Mahsa Amini. She is supported by family and friends, 2023
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Shirin Vaezi is the first female drummer in Iran to stand on a stage with a heavy metal band. She plays the cajón on her terrace, 2022
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Maryam Talaee, motorbike master, is one of the first in Iran. In 2019 she took an 8800 kilometre bike ride through Africa,
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Kiana Yarahmadi and Niloofar Farahmand are among the first professional, women mechanics in Iran, 2022
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Nasrin Teymouri, 30, works as a stunt woman and at the Iran Cinema House she prepares men and women for film casting, 2023
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School girls from Basij, one of the five forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are at the beach, standing for the hijab, 2019
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Women pose for a selfie, before selling their hand-made wares to tourists on the beach, 2019
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Friends at the beach on the Caspian Sea. There are only few government officials there, so more freedom in clothing, 2019
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