For My Sister Your Sister

When 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran for an ‘improperly worn’ hijab, her family was told she'd be released after caution. Three days later she was dead, and anger swept through the streets of Iran as women across the country began cutting their hair in protest. Here, the voices behind the movement reveal why, when the fight for bodily autonomy is all over our newsfeeds, their struggle is also our own

illustration OLIVER-BIJAN DARYOUSH

On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Amini and her family decided to visit Tehran. As Mahsa and her brother approached the expressway, she was apprehended by the morality police for an ‘improperly worn’ hijab and taken to the police station. Her brother was told that Mahsa – or Jina, her Kurdish name, which her family called her – would be released after receiving “explanation and instruction” about mandatory hijab, and so he sat down to wait for her. Two hours later, he saw an ambulance leaving. Police initially claimed that Mahsa had had a heart attack at the station – despite the fact that the 22-year-old had no history of cardiac problems. Eyewitnesses who had been detained with Mahsa later came forward to detail scenes of police beating her with batons…

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Dazed & Confused (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2022

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