HAIRANHAIRAN is a new anthology of poetry by Iranian women, compiled in the face of violent attacks on life and liberty that began with the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran in September 2022. Amini was arrested and killed in police custody for not covering enough of her hair in public. ? Here are 75 poems from a diverse cross section of contemporary Iranian voices, accompanied by hair portraits taken by the poets. ? Alongside Sobati and Sarhandi Williams,

Inspired by the lyrical

The result is a debut worth waiting for: formally adept

violent and psychologically gripping

ruined farms and suburban follies

Robin Moss

The late 1980s witnessed two devastating chemical attacks by the Saddam régime on Iraqi Kurdistan

Robert Louis Stevenson and others echo here

Given that the arena of the war is so small she comes into direct contact with Florence Nightingale

Sylvia Plath

Yelena Gluzman is a performance artist

Hannah Hodgson is a seriously ill poet

allowing the illusions and delusions of the post-communist society to be reflected in their glorious absurdity