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Extract from 'This Place (...)'
HAIRAN is a new anthology of poetry by Iranian women, compiled in the face of violent attacks on life and liberty that began with the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran in September 2022. Amini was arrested and killed in police custody for not covering enough of her hair in public.
Here are 75 poems from a diverse cross-section of contemporary Iranian voices, accompanied by ‘hair portraits’ taken by the poets.
The impetus for the book and editing of the collection was led by Daoud Sarhandi-Williams. Alongside Sarhandi-Williams and Sobati, HAIRAN was edited by Sepideh Jodeyri, Sepideh Kouti, Anna Krasnowolska, Anahita Rezaei, and Abbas Shokri.
Extract from 'This Place (...)'
HAIRAN is a new anthology of poetry by Iranian women, compiled in the face of violent attacks on life and liberty that began with the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran in September 2022. Amini was arrested and killed in police custody for not covering enough of her hair in public.
Here are 75 poems from a diverse cross-section of contemporary Iranian voices, accompanied by ‘hair portraits’ taken by the poets.
The impetus for the book and editing of the collection was led by Daoud Sarhandi-Williams. Alongside Sarhandi-Williams and Sobati, HAIRAN was edited by Sepideh Jodeyri, Sepideh Kouti, Anna Krasnowolska, Anahita Rezaei, and Abbas Shokri.
And Tehran, with its ruby necklace
Raise the curtain
Let me see the town
And the enchained statue
In the middle of the square
And a hanging cane
Who enjoys, much more,
The company of the dead.
