Lakeside Theatre Archives - Essex Book Festival https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/tag/lakeside-theatre/ 31 May -30 June 2024 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:59:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 “Actually Iranian Women Do Not Need You to Save Them” https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/actually-iranian-women-do-not-need-you-to-save-them/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:59:36 +0000 https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?p=9731 As part of our 25th celebrations at the Essex Book Festival 2024 launch day we held a very special Woman Life Freedom event. The event marked the launch of the book Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran, edited by Malu Halasa on Saqi Books, “a fiercely independent publisher”. Extolling... Read more »

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As part of our 25th celebrations at the Essex Book Festival 2024 launch day we held a very special Woman Life Freedom event.

Woman Life Freedom book shot

The event marked the launch of the book Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran, edited by Malu Halasa on Saqi Books, “a fiercely independent publisher”.

Extolling the power of art, writing and body politics the event was a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence.

Highly original and savagely topical it included a live art and sound art performance by Tasalla Tabasom and Fari Bradley, an art-style documentary video, a presentation from artist Roshi Rouzbehani, a panel discussion hosted by Malu Halasa and an exhibition of artwork.

This event took place on 1st June 2024 at Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Colchester.

This video is of the performance by Fari Bradley and Tasalla Tabasom. The video is by illustrator and fellow panelist Roshi Rouzbehani.


“Insightful, powerful and inspiring! I now know more of the voices of women (and not only) in Iran, whose fight for their rights is ours too. Events like these bring us together in a fight for a common goal: freedom for all.”

Feedback from event attendee

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