Translating the feminist legacy of Iranian poet Forugh Farrozkhad
Dispatch by Khatereh Sheibani Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) was the most renowned female literary figure in modern Persian literature. In the 1950s and 1960s, Farrokhzad was a lonely woman in a patriarchal society. Now, in the next century, Iranian women are still fighting against patriarchy, religious fanaticism, and inequality —but they are not alone anymore. Their […]