Publisher/Marco Noire Editore

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"Women of Allah" is a collection of works by Iranian-born, New York-based visual artist Shirin Neshat. Raised in a wealthy family with a doctor father, Shirin moved to the United States at the age of 17 and majored in art at the University of California, Berkeley, supported by her family's love for Western culture. However, she lamented her lack of talent and did not engage in creative activities after graduation. However, due to the Islamic Revolution, she was unable to return to her hometown for a long time, and when she returned to her home country after 10 years, she felt the changes in her country, the religious color of Islam had become stronger, and the human rights and character of women had changed drastically. In reaction, she resumed her artistic activities again. She has presented her various thoughts and conflicts regarding Islamic authority and ideology, as well as the social, cultural, and religious norms of Islamic society through photography, video, installations, etc. This work is one of her early representative works, released in the mid-1990s, and is a powerful photographic image created by printing a poem written by an Iranian woman on a photograph of herself. This is a significant collection of works that portrays the contradictions in the nature and reality of Muslim women.