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Zoe Holman on Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protests From falling veils to a failing regime
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Zoe Holman on Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom protests
From falling veils to a failing regime
by Australian Book Review
The ABR Podcast • 05 January 2023
Image: Mahsa Amini (ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy)
What has spurred thousands of ordinary women in Iran and throughout the world to take to the streets under the slogan ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’? How unprecedented is this recent uprising in the history of Iran’s women’s movement? In this week’s ABR podcast, author-journalist Zoe Holman discusses the distinctive features of the protest and argues that its primary drivers are members of Iran’s Generation Z, who are educated, fearless, and angry.
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