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Author: Yalda N. Hamidi

Yalda Hamidi (She/Her/Hers) is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and a faculty fellow for "Teaching Toward Social Justice" at Minnesota State University Mankato. She also is a member of the Ms. Committee of Scholars. In her academic research, Yalda adopts an anti-racist and transnational feminist lens to examine Iranian women's activism and literature. She actively collaborates with Women's Centers and non-profit organizations to amplify the stories of Iranian feminism/s and literature, aiming to bring these narratives to a broader audience. As a contributor to Ms., Yalda is dedicated to sharing the diverse voices of Iranian women and other communities who have participated in various forms of Iranian feminism/s, with a particular focus on Woman, Life, Freedom. She engages in conversations and interviews that shed light on important topics, such as her dialogue about Woman, Life, Freedom #OntheIssues with Michele Goodwin and her interview on the continuation of women's resistance against the Iranian Guidance Patrol. For more updates and insights, you can follow Yalda on Twitter @DrYaldaHamidi. At MNSU Mankato, Yalda teaches courses on Transnational, Postcolonial, Islamic Feminism/s, Feminist Pedagogy, and Queer of Color Critique, empowering students with a comprehensive understanding of these important subjects.
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Transnational Solidarity With #WomanLifeFreedom: ‘I Stand in Awe of Iranian Women’

Yalda N. Hamidi and Dominik Drabent

We reached out to four Muslim women activists and academics from Turkey, India and Afghanistan, to explore their perspectives on the #WomanLifeFreedom movement in a showing of transnational solidarity and friendship. Here are their voices.

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