#Democracy is fragile. So is freedom of speech. If you have it, safeguard it like a precious gem wrapped in velvet, lest it should be taken away so imperceptibly that even you don’t realize how and when it happened. Photo: Diaspora Arts Connection Mimi's Suitcase

5/ Mimi's Suitcase premiered UNITED SOLO in NYC in 2015 & went on to tour internationally including at 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it was nominated for a Freedom of Expression award by Amnesty International Amnesty@EdFest (later awarded a grant in Innovative Arts by Neda Nobari Foundation).

Où est-elle ? Aidez-nous, svp ! HumanRightsWATCH Clooney Foundation for Justice President Donald J. Trump European Parliament Human Rights First #FemmeVieLiberté #MujerVidaLibertad #WomanLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini #زن_زندگی_آزادی

On this Human Rights Day, #UNLeadersMustSpeakOut & ACT against death penalties for protesters who seek basic human rights to lead a dignified life. Let's be the moral conscience of the world. #StopExecutionsInIran #WomanLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini #MohsenShekari #MahanSadratMadani

At last, the whole world knows what the Iranian people have endured under the heavy-handed regime since 1979. The time has come to take back the land of Cyrus the Great and revive our original roots founded on beauty, poetry & liberty. #MahsaAmini #IranRevoIution #zanzendegiazadi

No film captures loss of basic individual freedom, the claustrophobic atmosphere of #Iran under the Islamic regime & the rabbit hole bureaucracy can be more successfully than TATTOO by Farhad Delaram & Dena Rassam with Behdokht Valian. Thank you, Criterion Channel #WorldCinema

Amidst so much pain coming from Iran, I am happy to collaborate with Studio Theatre as a language, culture & casting consultant to bring Sanaz Toosi’s ENGLISH on stage this winter with a stellar cast & crew. #dialectcoach #theatre

A thoughtful student in my film class on Iranian cinema brought me this postcard from SF’s women’s march. Now the whole world knows what the Iranian people have been enduring since 1979 (no longer in silence). #freevahidafkari #StopExecutionsInIran #WomanLifeFreedom

#ArmitaAbbasi #WomanLifeFreedom

Thank you Taylor & Francis Research Insights for publishing: Teaching Women’s Auto|Bio Stories: Student Engagement through Creative, Multimodal Storytelling—Fostering Inclusion and Diversity through Transcultural Stories of Migration and Change tinyurl.com/3yn7h2k8 #teaching #pedagogy #engagement

Mimi's Suitcase A play about #woman_life_freedom written before the current #IranianRevolution started. Looking forward to speaking about #zanzendegiazadi at Mixology/Undiscovered Works today. Gratitude to Jen Dean for editing this clip. May we celebrate a #FreeIran soon.

Big shout out to my colleague Helga for her support & guidance. Thrilled to see Mimi’s Suitcase in a/b: Auto/Biography Studies as an excellent way to gage student learning & engagement #womenautobiography #WomanLifeFreedom

Iranian people don’t want a discount; they want a full refund. Happy International Women’s Day! #WomanLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini #FreeIran

I dream of a day when Iranian characters are cast with the same multiethnic lens that is characteristic of the Iranian heritage: not everyone must (or does) look the same. #casting

Happy opening to ENGLISH Berkeley Rep 🥂 It’s been such a fun ride! #dialectcoach #actingcoach #theatrelife

To better understand what’s been happening in Iran since 1979 and why the people of Iran want freedom, invite MIMI’S SUITCASE to your school/institution followed by Q&A: anabayat.com/mimissuitcase #theatre #lifewomanfreedom #iranhistory 💚🤍❤️

What Iranian women have had to put up with daily for the past 44 years. Time’s up. Free Iran. 💚🤍❤️ #zanzendegiazadi #WomanLifeFreedom #mujervidalibertad #FemmeVieLiberté #zanzianazadi #زن_زندگى_آزادى

This is how #democracy is stripped away if we’re not vigilant. Vota el 23 A FAVOR de la libertad de expresión. #StopCensura #Elecciones2023 #StopFascismo #FreedomofExpression

Protege la democracia como si fuese tu ojo derecho. #EleccionesEspaña #StopCensura #FreedomOfExpression

Busco a mi amiga de infancia MIREIA (Barcelona). ¿Alguien me puede ayudar a localizarla? #ConexionesPerdidas #AmigosInfancia #MireiaBCN