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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Scotland Street Press

ISBN: 9781910895962

RRP: £10.99

PAGES: 140

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 15, 2024

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Hairan

Daoud Sarhandi-Williams

Ali Sobati

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 75 poems from a diverse cross-section of contemporary Iranian voices, accompanied by ‘hair portraits’ taken by the poets. ‍ Alongside Sobati and Sarhandi-Williams, HAIRAN was edited by Sepideh Jodeyri, Sepideh Kouti, Anna Krasnowolska, Anahita Rezaei, and Abbas Shokri.

Reviews of Hairan

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

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