"The murder of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022 by Iran's morality police sent shockwaves throughout the country. Protests led by women spread to ninety cities in all of Iran's provinces. Videos on social media showed women in the streets with their hair uncovered, burning headscarves and even cutting their own long hair. Men soon joined the protests. Schoolgirls defaced portraits of religious leaders. Cries of Zan Zendegi Azadi in Farsi - Woman Life Freedom - echoed in mass demonstrations, which continue today. Woman Life Freedom captures this historic moment in artwork and first-person accounts by courageous women, including those too scared to reveal their true identities because of a repressive and vindictive regime. Featuring art, music and photography from the protests, this moving and inspiring anthology exposes hardship, hope and empowerment in modern-day Iran."--

Malu Halasa is a writer and editor based
in London. She is the editor of several anthologies on Middle Eastern art and
culture, including Transit
Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations, and Kaveh Golestan:
Recording the Truth in Iran. Halasa founded Tank magazine and has written
for The Guardian, Financial Times
and Times Literary Supplement. She is
currently literary editor at Middle Eastern arts magazine The Markaz
Review.