1. HEADLINE: Catalyst and Slogan: The Death of Jina Amini and the Kurdish Roots of Uprising GUEST AUTHOR: Nilo Tabrizy SUMMARY: Guest author Nilo Tabrizy discusses the catalyst for Iran's 2022 uprising: the tragic death of Jina Mahsa Amini. She traces the "Woman, Life, Freedom" slogan to Kurdish roots and Abdullah Öcalan's ideology regarding gender equality and radical democracy. Tabrizy describes her collaboration with co-author Fatemeh Jamalpour, a journalist who returned to Iran and faced interrogations while documenting the protests. Niloreflects on her journey from an immigrant child to a professional journalist at the New York Times and Washington Post. She reveals the personal sacrifice of her work: reporting truthfully means she cannot return to her birth country. 1
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