Immoral Moral Practice

 This was the first Unit of our central class Equality and there was a lot to go over. Discussing hard issues such as abuse, discrimination, economic struggle, and environmental deterioration we were assigned to address a topic that would be just as hard to bring to light while also being an event that addresses the main themes of race, gender, and class. A topic that I had seen spread across social media, the news, and other platforms but not one that many knew a lot about was the hijab protests that started in late 2022 and are still continuing on today. Iran's government is a violent authoritarian regime that has been keeping the rights of lower-class individuals and women away for centuries. Now women are finally being empowered through the struggle and grief to fight for what's important. 

Below, I have the slide version of my final printed-out zine. It won't have any images but you can read through it and below that I'll put pictures of the physical printed-out version.

Zine Slides | DN | 2023

Zine Title Page | DN | 2023

 

Zine Pages 1-4 | DN | 2023

Zine Pages 5 and 6 | DN | 2023

Zine Pages 7 and 8 | DN | 2023

Important Portraits | DN | 2023

This project was a huge task to take on but one that I was so excited to finally have finished. The process of collecting information to make a timeline through multiple decades and then gather enough to base a solid take or opinion off of took a surprisingly very long time but it was so cool to learn so much about an issue I honestly didn't know a lot about myself. The artistic aspects made me want to put all that I could into this project which ended up having me take an extended time to complete all of the parts I wanted to, but even though it took so long I couldn't be happier with the result.

Sources:

Divsallar, Abdolrasool, et al. “Women in Iran: Political Representation without Rights.” Middle East Institute, 1 Feb. 2023, https://www.mei.edu/publications/women-iran-political-representation-without-rights#:~:text=Women%20in%20Iran%20suffer%20under,as%20that%20of%20a%20man.

Summers, Juana, et al. “The History of Iran's So-Called Morality Police.” NPR, NPR, 30 Sept. 2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/09/30/1126281355/the-history-of-irans-so-called-morality-police.

Pardis Mahdavi Provost and Executive Vice President. “Who Are Iran's Morality Police? A Scholar of the Middle East Explains Their History.” The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2023, https://theconversation.com/who-are-irans-morality-police-a-scholar-of-the-middle-east-explains-their-history-196023#:~:text=The%20current%20morality%20police%20%E2%80%93%20the,of%20more%20than%207%2C000%20officers.

Sahar Maranlou Lecturer. “Hijab Law in Iran over the Decades: The Continuing Battle for Reform.” The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2023, https://theconversation.com/hijab-law-in-iran-over-the-decades-the-continuing-battle-for-reform-192037.

“Iran Protests Flare in Several Cities amid Continuing Unrest.” The Guardian, Guardian New,s and Media, 17 Feb. 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/iran-protests-flare-in-several-cities-amid-continuing-unrest.