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Farinaz Basmechi

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Doctoral researcher, Feminist and Gender Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, participates in a panel discussion at a cultural centre in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian prosecutors have charged Attalah and three other journalists from Mada Masr, one of the country’s few remaining independent news outlets, of spreading false news and disturbing public peace. (AP Photo/Roger Anis)

October 27, 2025

In the Middle East, women journalists and activists have been driving crucial change

Farinaz Basmechi, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Through the years, the work of women journalists in the Middle East has gone far beyond reporting news and has become a vital force for truth and justice.

A woman cuts her hair during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

December 19, 2022

How Gen Z is using social media in Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom movement

Farinaz Basmechi, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Younger Iranians have tapped into social media to connect with one another, vocalize their demands and highlight the government’s brutality.

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