Three Iranian Women Push For Artistic Freedom
By ANGEL NDUKA-NWOSU | DECEMBER 4, 2023
Shirin Neshat, Nazy Nazhand and Sheree Hovsepian are three Iranian women who are using their art and photography to push for artistic freedom and of freedom for women in Iran.
According to a report in the Financial Times, Shirin Neshat is a 66-year-old photographer and filmmaker, Nazy Nazhand is an art adviser and Sheree Hovsepian is an artist. They were all born in Iran but moved to the United States in the 70s and 80s.
Iran has been at the centre of international attention for its treatment of women and especially for its enforcement of the veil on women. In 2022, Urban Woman Magazine wrote on the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was killed for not following the hijab stipulations in Iran. Her death saw a global outrage and saw Iranian women making videos of themselves cutting their hair and burning their hijabs.
