A book launch and panel discussion reflecting on the Jina Uprising, one year after its beginning.

This event launches a book of translated essays, co-published with BAK, which include some of the first English translations of texts by journalists imprisoned since September 2022 for their thorough reports on the murder and funeral of Jina.

Saturday, 30 September, 2023, 16:30–18:30 hrs at BAK, basis actuele kunst, Utrecht

Organized by Jina Collective, a Netherlands-based feminist, leftist, anti-capitalist, anti-sexist, and pro-LQBTQIA+ action group that emerged from the Jina Uprising.*

This event launches a book of translated essays, co-published with BAK, which include some of the first English translations of texts by journalists imprisoned since September 2022 for their thorough reports on the murder and funeral of Jina. Readings and remarks from the editors and translators of To the Other Side of the Concrete Wall will precede a panel discussion on feminist solidarity in the Middle East.

In conversation with a researcher, we will navigate the politics of representation and archiving in Iran and Kurdistan during the first year of the Jina Uprising. The convenor and co-editors of this project— will discuss regional resonances of the Jina Uprising, focusing on queer, transnational, revolutionary solidarities and the gender politics around by the slogan Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom).

Panelists*

x is a researcher and organiser whose interests lie at the intersections of queer anthropology, migration studies, trans studies, and Middle Eastern studies.

x is an art critic and interdisciplinary researcher in the fields of cultural and social analysis whose research particularly focuses on the roles of art, media, and communication in social transformation processes.

Moderators*

x is a visual artist and researcher. Notions of body and space make up the core of x’s artistic and research practice—in-situ spatial interventions of sculpture and video. Through bodily interactions with objects and spaces, x investigates the effects of power regimes on human individuals.

x is a writer, translator, artist, and organizer currently based in Amsterdam. With a background in fine arts and Middle Eastern studies, international relations, and cultural analysis, x has conducted research on the literary genre of Farsi oil fiction and the politics of electronic dance music in Iran.

*2026: Names and info have been redacted for digital safety.