Woman, Life, Freedom: Revolting Space Invaders in Iran
A group of Iranian schoolgirls protest in the classroom while removing their compulsory hijab. Covering her face, one holds a sign which reads: Zan, Zendegi, Azadi [Woman, Life, Freedom]. Photograph: Morning Star, 2023. Woman, Life, Freedom: Revolting Space Invaders in Iran By Mahsa Alami Fariman and Ahmadreza Hakiminejad This article was penned in response to an invitation to write for a Special Issue entitled 'Revisiting Space Invaders'. The article was first published online in European Journal of Cultural Studies in August 2024. Synopsis In marking 20 years since the first publication of Nirmal Puwar's seminal book ' Space Invaders: Race, Gender and Bodies Out of Place ', we've revisited the notions of invisibility, outsiderness, being ‘out of place’ and ‘space invaders’ within the political geographies of Iran. Furthering the concept, we also tend to pair together ‘space invaders’ with the acts of invading space as political acts of intervention.