Shirin Neshat Women Of Allah Analysis

Myself I am a man but being that I will picture myself as an American woman for this paper I will flip it. Shirin Neshat’s photography series “Women of Allah” is very simplistic but very strong. They are black and white with Islamic women who are covered, tattooed that happens to be calligraphy and they are also holding firearms. For the American women it would be black and white as well for the reason that we only view color in this country. The women would be women of all races since America is a melting pot of races. The setting would be homes from the suburbs to the ghettos. For the point of view, it would focus on the women and the background would be issues that women face
Women of Allah by Shirin Neshat were in shot during 1993 through 1997. These were shot after Neshat’s return to Iran since she left before the Iranian Revolution. Before the Revolution under the rule of the Shah (which is the title given the kings, emperors, princes or lord of Iran), He attempted to promote a secular culture which meant to not concern the government with religion or religious matters. This made many things like the veil that women wore in the photography outlawed. Many women wore it to revolt against the Shah. Woman’s roles …show more content…
It would go away from bright and flashy to straight in your face. One things from Neshat’s photography that stands out is the calligraphy which is Persian and has themes of exile, identity, femininity and martyrdom. This standout because for that do not understand it this would allow them to research it. For my photography I would use racial slur or even sexual slurs in that person’s origin language so Spanish for Latinas for example. This is something that women must face every day. That is another similarity that it would share with Neshat’s