Item Summary

2 - Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman from the northwestern city of Saqqez, hailed from Kurdistan, Iran. She was arrested by the Morality Police on the accusation of not wearing the “proper” hijab, She ultimately lost her life due to torture while in police custody. Amini's death sparked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, originating in Saqqez and Kurdistan before spreading across Iran and beyond. The movement's rallying cry, "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî," meaning "Woman, Life, Freedom" in Kurdish (and was also translated as “Zan, Zendegi, Azadi” into Persian), has become a symbol in the fight for justice and liberation.

Descriptive Information

Title
Arash Shayesteh
Sort Title
arash shayesteh
Creator of work
Shayesteh, Arash
Language
Persian
Date Created
2022
Format
Ephemera
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Human and civil rights
Collective memory
Freedom of expression
Human rights
Women's rights
Minorities, ethnic and racial groups
Minorities
Politics and government
Civil society
Democracy
Revolutions
Geographic Subject
Iran
Keywords
Iran Protest Movements
Geographic Origin
Iran

Physical Characteristics

Page Count
8
File Count
8

Institutional Information

Collection
Woman Life Freedom Movement: Iran 2022 Ephemera
Box number
Woman Life Freedom Movement: Iran 2022
Folder number
8
Barcode
Arash Shayesteh
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/445a2361-886b-45ec-ad44-e9554cd5fc7d/manifest