Shiva Akhavan Rad

Independent Iranian journalist, interviewer, and cultural writer based in Tehran. Her work focuses on literature, cinema, politics, and culture. Conducted interviews with international writers, filmmakers,...

Independent Iranian journalist, interviewer, and cultural writer based in Tehran. Her work focuses on literature, cinema, politics, and culture. Conducted interviews with international writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals, exploring the intersections of art, society, and contemporary issues.

Shiva Akhavan Rad

Judith Butler on Iran, mourning, resistance, and the struggle for a future beyond fear

Judith Butler on Iran, mourning, resistance, and the struggle for a future beyond fear

"Staying alive is its own accomplishment under such dire conditions, under economic conditions that intensify deprivation and precarity, and under political and military conditions in which the people are regularly targeted by armed forces willing to maim and kill."