HAIRAN
Poems of Hair and Freedom by Iranian Women in Times of Repression and Struggle
HAIRAN contributors author Ali Sobati translator Daoud Sarhandi-Williams editor Ali Sobati editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Scotland Street Press
Published:15th Oct '24
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A hard-hitting, timely and inspiring collection of protest poetry by women from across Iran.
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 76 poems from a diverse cross-section of contemporary Iranian voices, accompanied by ‘hair portraits’ taken by the poets. Alongside Sarhandi-Williams and Sobati, HAIRAN was edited by Abbas Shokri, Anahita Rezaei, Anna Krasnowolska, Sepideh Jodeyri and Sepideh Kouti.
'The voice, the voice, it is only the voice that lasts. Hairan is a unique, inspiring, deeply disturbing anthology of women’s furious courage and strength. Women exposing their hair in public triggered Iran’s bloody crackdown on women's protests, so the poets’ photos show only the backs of their bare heads, as if the rebel hair itself is poetry. Sheherazade/ held up behind traffic lights / And murderers run away. A rich, illuminating volume speaking to the history of women’s protest in Iran and the power of poetry in dark times.' - Ruth Padel
"It is the most extraordinary book I have read...This book comes as a work of redress, and effectively of defiance, and celebration." - Alan Riach, The National
-- Alan Riach * The NationISBN: 9781910895962
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 370g
232 pages