Iran activist uses art in quest for change
After two years in prison for protesting against rigged elections, Hengameh Shahidi, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist, picked up a paintbrush for the first time. Freed from the notorious Evin prison – where she had been held in solitary confinement and allegedly tortured – art offered her a release. “I still do not understand how a violent atmosphere has woken up a delicate part of me,” she says./ Now she hopes her paintings will help raise awareness about the plight of 200 or so political prisoners still in Iranian jails, ...
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