Far from Iran, close to our sisters
When Anahid, 23, left for Iran for the first time in March 2022, she didn't know it would be the last time she would see her country as it was then. She didn't know that her voice, like that of her father, an Iranian poet who sought political refuge from the 1979 Islamic revolution, would echo the fight for freedom. In Iran, with her friend Juliette, a journalist, they recorded their entire journey: from Tehran to Isfahan, from Yazd to Chimeh, the village where Anahid's father grew up. To preserve memories of the encounters, voices, and sounds of the country.
Six months after their return, these rushes would take on a whole new meaning. When Anahid heard "Woman, Life, Freedom" for the first time, she sensed that her personal story had collided with the greater history unfolding around her. She committed herself to using her voice, alongside other Iranians in exile, to echo the revolution.
September 16, 2022: The death of Mahsa Jina Amini, arrested and murdered by the morality police in Tehran for wearing her headscarf improperly, sets the country ablaze. It is the beginning of an unprecedented feminist revolution: women fighting for freedom, men joining them.
A five-episode podcast, available on all podcast apps.
To give a voice to the Iranian people fighting for freedom.
Slate Audio's opinion
"The first podcast by Anahid Djalali and Juliette Pierron-Rauwel, Loinde l'Iran, près de nos sœurs(Far from Iran,closeto our sisters)takes us on a journey of identity discovery with a young French woman of Iranian origin, illustrating how politics permeates our private lives. What is it like to live in a country governed by Islamic law? How can we overthrow the regime that killed Mahsa (Jina) Amini (and so many others) with impunity?What do Iranians dream of, whether they live in their country or are in exile? Over the course of five episodes, we discover the power of anger, the pain of exile, and the different threads that weave together contemporary Iranian identity. A magnificent documentary, awarded at the Paris Podcast Festival 2023.
ListenThe distinctions
Paris Podcast Festival 2023
Winner of the Scam Podcast Documentary Award – Official Selection
Production and mixing
Solène Moulin
Illustration
Marjane Satrapi
Graphic design
Violaine Avez
Music
ROODY
Production
Camille Juzeau
Chloe Tavitian
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