03/08/2026
As an Iranian American these last couple of months has felt like something has been sitting on my chest. The mix of fear, anger ,hope it is a constant cycle. I don’t really know how to process a lot of what is going on, I always process things visually so I made this for myself as a way to manifest my hope of freedom for my father land. Azadi, Freedom for my Iranian brothers and sisters. As an artist it is impossible to separate myself from my heart from my first artistic inspiration and the culture . Politics aside I want the women of Iran to feel the freedom that I have been afforded living in this country a country maybe imperfect but that I love and that my Father loved. I was separated from much of my family growing up because we all were spread out after the 79 revolution I never went back, it took my father over 15 years to feel safe enough to visit again and even then the government had taken most of our land, I was nervous every time he was there. Today my messages still go unread to my cousin in Tehran. I have no answer only hope… This shirt is up on Etsy I didn’t make it for money in-fact I will have a coupon (freeiran)on it that will make it almost at cost but I made it because I want it and want to spread a bit of hope for Freedom for the women of Iran and honestly all women on ̇nternationalwomensday f**k globally. Here I am with 2 of my favorite Persian ladies and who I only got to see last year for the 1st time in 46 years because of this separation. Never again 🙏🏼 💚🤍♥️
