Item Summary

Mahsa – 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.

Sanandaj – Sanandaj is a city in the Kurdistan province of Iran where many of the protests over the police killing of Mahsa Jina Amini took place. The Kurdistan province witnessed some of the most violent clashes between the protestors and the authorities, who tried to suppress the movement.

Descriptive Information

Title
Shabnam Adiban
Sort Title
shabnam adiban
Creator of work
Adiban, Shabnam
Language
Persian
Date Created
2022
Format
Ephemera
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Arts
Arts--Political aspects
Human and civil rights
Collective memory
Freedom of expression
Human rights
Political violence
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
2
File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Woman Life Freedom Movement: Iran 2022
Box number
Woman Life Freedom Movement: Iran 2022
Folder number
68
Barcode
Shabnam Adiban
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/ec1ee9d7-82c2-4a83-b6c5-19981badab73/manifest