Frau, Leben, Freiheit

In September 2022, young Iranian student Mahsa Amini is arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her alleged offense: she is said to have not worn her hijab properly. At the police station, she is beaten so severely that she dies three days later. The death of the 22-year-old woman sparked an unprecedented wave of protests that soon spread throughout the country. One year after the start of the uprisings in Iran, Marjane Satrapi brings together outstanding artists from Europe, the USA, and Iran to show the world what is not reaching outside the country due to censorship. Three renowned Iran experts and seventeen exceptional artists collaborate in solidarity with the Iranian people to contextualize and witness the historical events on 284 eye-opening pages – for Iran and for all women.