Judge at WeAreOne #Iran Shortfilm Festival
Shiva Rahbaran is a judge at the Persia Educational Foundation’s “We Are One #iran Short Film Festival” 1100 films from 90 countries by men and women in support of Iranians’ #womanlifefreedom revolution and human rights convention are shown at...
‘Come and Kill Me!’: Killing Mehrjui and the Repeat of 1990s Chain-Murders
‘I am a protester! […] I am a victim of [your injustice]. … Who are you [to act] like ghosts behind curtains and issue orders [arbitrarily]? … I can’t take this [injustice] anymore! I declare war against you and your organisation! Look! Here is my chest – Come and...
BBC: Iranian protest movement against compulsory hijab
In a BBC article by Nassim Hatam, Shiva Rahbaran comments on the recent protest movement by Iranian women against compulsory hijab. “Since the Islamic Revolution, all efforts to quell women’s resistance have paradoxically only strengthened and widened...
Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2016 Winners
The three winners of the NWP 2016: Niamh MacCabe (Fiction), Danielle Boodoo-Fortune (Poetry) and Shiva Rahbaran (Life Writing).
Interview on New Iranian Cinema in Kayhan London
Kamyar Behrang interviews Shiva Rahbaran about her new book Iranian Cinema Uncensored.