5th jun 2025 // Dell // 3:00PM
Rest in peace, Elahe Nejad Parasti.
A woman is murdered by her husband or father in the name of “ghayrat”—a distorted sense of honor—because both her father and husband believe they own her. Another woman is killed for refusing to wear the hijab. A woman is shot dead in the street for demanding freedom and standing up for her basic rights. A woman remembers. On an ordinary day, she gets into a car, expecting to return home—but instead, her lifeless body is discovered in the desert.
And still, men say, “You’re overreacting.”
Rest in peace, Elahe—another victim of a system that devalues women and empowers hatred under the guise of tradition.