The news of the violent death of Zhina “Mahsa” Amini, the imprisonment and death sentences of LGBTIQ+ activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar, as well as the killing of countless protesters by the Iranian authorities fills us all with anger and sadness.

We have the greatest respect for the courage and perseverance of the demonstrators in Iran who have been taking to the streets for four weeks now, demanding political and social change that puts women’s* self-determination and rights at the centre.

As a feminist library we can provide you with background information on the current political and societal situation – through a feminist lens.

German:

– Der Wind in meinem Haar: Mein Kampf für die Freiheit iranischer Frauen by Masih Alinejad

– Zwischen den Welten: Von Macht und Ohnmacht im Iran by Natalie Amiri

– Ich will frei sein, nicht mutig: FrauenStimmen gegen Gewalt by Naïla Chikhi

– Bis wir frei sind: mein Kampf für Menschenrechte im Iran by Shirin Ebadi

French:

– Rendez-vous iranien avec Simone de Beauvoir by Chahla Chafiq

– Islam politique, sexe et genre : à la lumière de l’expérience iranienne by Chahla Chafiq

– Les nouveaux féminismes en Iran: Le mouvement des femmes de 1989 à 2009 by Nahid Keshavarz

English:

– The Kurdish Women’s Movement: History, Theory, Practice by Dilar Dirik

– Persepolis – a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi (in all three languages)