A concert by Iranian singer and activist FarAvaz, with music inspired by the Women Life Freedom movement.
Facing prison in her home country for her art and activism, Iranian-born singer and performer FarAvaz was forced to seek asylum in Germany. Inspired by the global zan zayan azadi / women life freedom movement in solidarity with the women of Iran and Kurdistan, music is an act of resistance and liberation for this singer.
In her work she channels love of music, rage against patriarchy and oppression and her passion for pop, chanson, and classical Iranian singing. It is a powerful ode to the strength and resilience of women who have risen up against the shackles of oppression.
Channeling the collective frustration of Iranian women after years of daily humiliation, Faravaz hopes her music will be a catalyst for change in her homeland.
Combiticket
This concert takes place as part of a series of programmes on freedom of religion. A ticket for the concert also grants access to either The Freedom Lecture: The Price of Activism or Blasphemy vs the State: Dissenting Women. You may choose which of the two programmes you wish to attend.
It is also possible to purchase a discounted combination ticket for both programmes and the concert.
Three words on a t-shirt, thirty months in prison
‘Allah is a Lesbian’, those words appeared on a T-shirt worn by Ibtissame ‘Betty’ Lachgar in London, in solidarity with two lesbian activists who had been sentenced to death in Iran. When she set foot in her home country of Morocco, Lachgar was arrested and sentenced to two and a half years in prison for blasphemy. During the Freedom Lecture, her sister Siham Lachgar speaks about political prisoners in Morocco.
At least 89 countries have laws against blasphemy. Blasphemy laws are a powerful instrument of state repression, not least directed at women. How does the relationship between religious dissent and state power function, and how can a form of resistance be found in blasphemy?
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