Un libro colectivo sobre las protestas y la represión en Irán tras el asesinato de Mahsa Amini. Los textos son potentes, pero los cómics dejan a veces una sensación de incompletitud (Supongo que por reflejar un proceso en curso) ( )

A very informative look at the protests that erupted in Iran in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the government's morality police for not wearing her head covering correctly.

It's all very sad and upsetting, made all the worse by the fact that aside from this book I haven't heard anything about the movement or its progress in the last year in any of the news sources I regularly visit.

I became aware of this book from a list of 10 Exciting New Graphic Novels From 2024 (So Far) that has been pretty dependable (so far). Want to see how many you've read? Check the Goodreads list.

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Contents:

• Preface / Marjane Satrapi, writer
• A Persian Tale of Good and Evil / Abbas Milani, writer; Marjane Satrapi, illustrator

Part I: The Events / Marjane Satrapi, writer; Rahi Rezvani, photographer
• Sparking a Revolution / Farid Vahid, writer; Bahareh Akrami, illustrator
• The Birth of a Slogan / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Catel (a/k/a Catel Muller), illustrator
• The Anthem of the Uprising / Farid Vahid, writer; Shervin Hajipour, songwriter; Shabnam Adiban, illustrator
• A Demonstration in Iran / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Pascal Rabaté, illustrator
• In the Hellhole of Evin Prison / Farid Vahid, writer; Mana Neyestani, illustrator
• Bloody Friday / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Winshluss (a/k/a Vincent Paronnaud), illustrator
• Rebelling at Twenty / Farid Vahid, writer; Paco Roca, illustrator
• The Winter of Executions / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Touka Neyestani, illustrator
• Poisoned Schoolgirls / Farid Vahid, writer; Bee, illustrator
• They're Watching You / Farid Vahid, writer; Mana Neyestani, illustrator

Part II: A Bit of History / Marjane Satrapi, writer; Rahi Rezvani, photographer
• The Three Revolutions / Abbas Milani, writer; Hamoun, illustrator
• Nowruz With the Family / Farid Vahid, writer; Hippolyte, illustrator
• Who Rules Iran? / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Touka Neyestani, illustrator
• Feared and Hated / Marjane Satrapi, writer and illustrator
• The Rich Kids of the Regime / Farid Vahid, writer; Patricia Bolaños, illustrator
• The Madness of Censorship / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Lewis Trondheim, illustrator; Brigitte Findakly, colorist
• Dialogue With the Dead / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Paco Roca, illustrator

Part III: An Iron Regime . . . A People Resisting / Marjane Satrapi, writer; Rahi Rezvani, photographer
• Names That Will Go Down in History / Farid Vahid, writer; Bahareh Akrami, illustrator
• In the Heart of the Diaspora / Farid Vahid, writer; Bee, illustrator
• A Party Frought With Peril / Farid Vahid, writer; Shabnam Adiban, illustrator
• The Art of Rebellion / Farid Vahid, writer; Deloupy (a/k/a Serge Prud'homme), illustrator
• Male Turf / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Coco (a/k/a Corinne Rey), illustrator
• Women Saying No / Jean-Pierre Perrin, writer; Nicolas Wild, illustrator

And Then? . . . / Marjane Satrapi, writer; Rahi Rezvani, photographer
• [What's the Color of Iran?] / A discussion between Marjane Satrapi, Farid Vahid, Jean-Pierre Perrin, and Professor Abbas Milani; Joann Sfar, illustrator

• Contributors ( )

On September 16 2022 a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died from beatings by the Iranian morality police. She had been arrested for 'improperly' wearing the hijab (the head-scarf). Her death ignited many protests, among them the Women, Life, Freedom movement.
Marjane Satrapi writes in the Introduction that the idea for this graphic novel was her friend's, Sophie, the head of the L'Iconoclast publishers; together with the editor Alba Beccaria, they assembled a collective of about 20 artists and writers to describe and draw the political situation in Iran, Iran's history, the suppression of women and the woman's fight, supported by many men, for equality.

The results are instructive stories and vivid and varied drawings; you will like some more than others, that is to be expected. The importance is that through them many more are informed and support the Iranian woman's fight for their human rights. ( )

Il 16 settembre 2022 Masha Amini morì a seguito delle percosse della polizia morale iraniana. La ragazza era colpevole di aver indossato in maniera scorretta il velo. Il regime iraniano non è riuscito, questa volta, a contenere la protesta che ha assunto con il tempo un profilo sempre più internazionale, coinvolgendo attivisti ed intellettuali in tutto il mondo e facendo nascere il movimento “Donna, vita, libertà”. Il progetto di questo bellissimo volume, curato da Marjane Satrapi, l’autrice dello splendido Persepolis, è rendere nota non solo la tragica vicenda di Masha e delle donne e uomini assassinati in nome della religione da uno dei regimi più autoritari del pianeta ma anche la resistenza che, a diversi livelli, sta coinvolgendo sempre più persone. E questo volume è innanzitutto un inno alla speranza in un cambiamento, dalle storie, dalle tragedie, dalle paure sta nascendo un movimento in grado di far conoscere la fragilità di un regime che ha come presupposto il terrore della popolazione. Questo volume è un’opera collettiva in cui sono confluiti i contributi di autori, intellettuali e politici occidentali ed iraniani e il risultato è un importante opera di diffusione della conoscenza. La situazione in Iran ci viene rappresentata spesso come un pericolo per l’Occidente, un nemico da osservare con diffidenza e da colpire. Ma la realtà è diversa. Il regime iraniano è in primis il nemico del popolo iraniano, lo ha condannato alla povertà, alla sottomissione, al terrore. La mortificazione delle donne, del loro ruolo nella società è la punta dell’iceberg di una cultura basata sulla violenza. Libro importante. ( )

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