On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, was arrested by Iran’s “Morality Police” for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory Islamic dress code. Her brother was told she would be released after attending a brief “educational” session on Islamic modesty. Instead, three days later, Mahsa died in a hospital—just five days before her […]
Author: btajro
Meritocracy: A Vanishing Tale
I am the daughter of two immigrants from Iran.