Shirin Aliabadi, Iranian Artist With A Focus On Women, Dies At 45

KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, New York Times: Obituaries
Fri, 10/19/2018 - 3:20pm

Her work depicted young women negotiating their modern, slightly rebellious impulses within the strictures of the Islamic Republic.

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