The Masculine Law
By Ghazi Rabihavi
“My grandfather said to never kill anyone when the sun is shining, do it before or after the sun is in the sky, so I killed her in darkness.”
This is the world we enter in The Masculine Law - where murder, sex, and power are held in the hands of men. Ghazi Rabihavi’s radical new play exposes the loss, love, and lives of Iranian women who encounter these discriminatory laws on a daily basis. With bold and daring language, Rabihavi showcases the most horrific to the most intimate scenes which are too often kept in the dark.
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Special Thanks to Exiled Writers Ink
Three years ago, women's rights activists organized an unprecedented protest in front of Tehran University, demanding that laws which discriminate against women be revised. They pledged to keep up their activities until their demands were met by authorities. On 12 June 2006, Iranian women's rights activists took to the streets again and planned a similar protest in Haft-e Tir Square, in Tehran, with similar objectives and demands. The protest was violently broken up and over 70 persons arrested. This was the first major crackdown against peaceful women's activism in Iran.
Since the end of October, five members of the Iranian women's rights movement known as the One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality have been arrested and criminally charged for carrying out their peaceful human rights activities.*
Following each performance will be the opportunity to learn about the campaign and sign the petition to turn around these laws.
For more information about the campaign please visit:
*Texts were taken from news stories released by key organizers of the campaign
