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Roya Khatiblou

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Roya Khatiblou is an Iranian-American and British author living in Birmingham, UK, and the recent recipient of a grant from Arts Council England towards her debut novel in progress.

A view after shopkeepers went on a three-day shutter down strike as part of Mahsa Amini protests in Tehran, Iran on December 6, 2022. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

As Iranians rise up, it’s time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man

Roya Khatiblou