that the artist was depicting a non-American culture through this woman in her clothes and the writing. The fact that the image is all black and white also suggests a very solemn mood. According to The Signs Journal‚ the artist of this painting‚ Shirin Neshat‚ was born in Iran‚ moved to the US when she was 17 to complete her education but was banned from returning to her country due to the Islamic Revolution. Rebellious Silence is a part of a larger group of pictures‚ which are all pictures of
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Kylee Titensor CE Art History Ms. Huss May 18‚ 2015 Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat‚ an Iranian women‚ was born on March 26‚ 1957 in a small city Qazvin‚ Iran. She is known for her work in film‚ video‚ and photography‚ and has devoted much of her work to issues concerning gender roles in post-revolutionary Islamic society. She embraced feminism at an early age‚ encouraged by her father‚ who insisted that his daughters have the same access as anyone else when it came to education‚ travel‚ and life experiences
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Rebellious Silence is a photograph by Shirin Neshat‚ who is also the subject. In the work‚ Shirin Neshat ’s face is covered by Islamic calligraphy and is divided (left to right) by a rifle (assumedly but not necessarily held by herself). The calligraphy covers the parts of a woman ’s face that one must hide in Iran ’s theological state. The photograph is black and white‚ adding to the already serious tone of the work. The first impression received is one of oppression‚ it seems as though the woman
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Shirin Neshat‚ an Iranian woman artist living in exile‚ strongly advocates that a woman represents a country. Beginning with Iran’s 1953 coup d’etat to the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and finishing with Iran’s 2009 Green Party movement. Women have been at the forefront of change. Neshat has stated‚ “I found the subject of Iranian woman extremely interesting. In the way that the woman of Iran historically seem to embody the political transformation (Neshat‚ TEDWomen).” Which can be seen in the film
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Did you know‚ Shirin Ebadi was the first Iranian woman who defended journalists and protestors through her perseverance? According to dictionary .com‚ perseverance means that steady persistence in a course of action‚ a purpose‚ especially in a spite of difficulties‚ obstacles‚ and discouragement. The Synonyms of perseverance commonly suggest an activity maintained in spite of difficulty. The Origin word is from old French and means persistence and endurance. 2- Did you know Ebadi was the first woman
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Ellen Goodman‚ a Pulitzer prize winning columnist‚ author‚ speaker‚ and commentator who refuses to call herself a pundit. Ellen has long been a chronicler of social change in America‚ especially the women’s movement and effects on our public‚ private lives‚ and has spent most of her life chronicling social change and its impact on American life. As a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist she was one of the first women to open up the pages to women’s voices and became‚ according to Media Watch‚ the most
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their rights. There’s more to it though. He inspired others‚ then and now. Many people who have done important things in American history or around the world‚ were heard quoting MLK’s famous speech and saying how it inspired them. For example‚ Shirin Ebadi‚ an Iranian lawyer who became the first Iranian women to win the Nobel Peace prize. She is known for defending the rights of Iranian women. One of her quotes is‚ “I have a dream. My dream is for the human heart to be globalized...in such a way
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Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr was one of the most influential leaders in the world to this day. He gave African Americans a bigger voice and helped Caucasian Americans see what was happening in America and show how the segregation between white and colored people was wrong. He was able to gain support and give people hope that there was something better than what they had in that time period. This was one of the times he was a good leader. One of the most popular speeches
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Cullen Irons Athanasakkis Writing 2 Censored in America: Post 9/11 Censorship and the Bush Administration Censorship is not a new concept and is probably as old as the beginnings of communication itself. Governments have always kept information from the public‚ often in the interest of national security. Censorship has also been used to silence opposition to the government. In the past it seemed that this was common practice in other countries; usually non-democratic countries
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Mariam Abrar‚ GEND 341‚ Paula Humfrey‚ May 25‚ 2006. My selected topic is: Role of Women in Islam Past and Present In this paper I will argue that the position of women in Islam according to the Qur ’an and Hadiths (tradition) of the Prophet differs vastly from Islam in practice‚ currentely. It is not the Islamic ideologies that determine the position of women in the Islamic societies; it is rather the pre-Islamic patriarchal ideologies existing in a particular society‚ combined with the lack
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