Iranian Artist Sahar Ghorishi

The Fig Is Connected to My Family and My Country

| Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Sahar Ghorishi is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist based in London and Los Angeles. The founder of a creative directing platform Journey of/to Dawn, she is a resident artist at the Collective for Black Iranians. Before joining us as a panelist for “How Can Women and Girls Win in Iran?,” a Zócalo event co-presented with the Goldhirsh Foundation and with generous support from Pedram Salimpour, Ghorishi spoke with us in the green room about songs of the revolution, memes, and being a lush human being.

December 9, 2022

Author Porochista Khakpour

I’m Most Proud of Helping People in My Life

December 9, 2022

Porochista Khakpour is the author of several books, including The Last Illusion, Brown Album, and Sick: A Life of Lyme, Love, Illness, and Addiction. She is senior editor at the …

Anthropologist Pardis Mahdavi

I Love Tahdig

December 9, 2022

Pardis Mahdavi is an anthropologist and provost and executive vice president of the University of Montana. Her academic career has focused on diversity, migration, sexuality, and human rights. Before sitting …

Atlantic Council’s Holly Dagres

I Listened to Britney Spears in Tehran

December 9, 2022

Holly Dagres is an Iranian American analyst and commentator on Middle East affairs with a focus on Iran. Currently a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, she has written for …

A Feminist-Led Uprising Brings the World to Iran’s Fight

This Time Around, Social Media and Youth Fuel the Call for “Women, Life, Freedom”

by Talib Jabbar | December 7, 2022

Last night, a quartet of Iranian women took the Zócalo stage to discuss the uprising in Iran, where a general strike has entered its third day and protests persist after …

The Right to Vote Should Be a Human Right

Making Universal Suffrage Truly Universal Will Make Our World More Unified—And Democratic

by Joe Mathews | February 25, 2021

How can we make universal suffrage truly universal?

That such a question must be asked points out a democratic paradox. Universal suffrage—the term meaning that everyone has the right to vote—is …

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