大象传媒

Author, cartoonist and film-maker Marjane Satrapi was 10 years old when the 1979 Iranian Revolution transformed her homeland. Her debut graphic novel Persepolis about her experiences dealing with Iran's Revolutionary Guard during that time and her family's escape was turned into an Oscar-nominated animated film.

Her latest graphic novel Woman, Life, Freedom, tells the story of the protests happening in her homeland of Iran today, following the death of Iranian student Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, who was badly beaten by police for not wearing a headscarf. Marjane Satrapi, in collaboration with activists, artists, journalists, and academics, depicts this historic uprising through a powerful visual collection of graphic novel-style essays.

Marjane tells the 大象传媒's Samira Ahmed: "I know what the role of the diaspora is...the best that we can do is that we can be the loudspeaker of our people, also to give them courage, also to bring the words to the world and to tell them 'look the whole world is interested in you'."

(Photo: Marjane Satrapi participates in a rally in support of Iranian women in Paris, 02 October 2022. Credit: Yoan Valat/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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