Farideh Shahriari

Farideh Shahriari is a Course Lecturer and a PhD student in Educational Studies – Gender and Women’s Studies at McGill University. Her research explores the lived experiences of Black Baluch women in Iran.  Farideh’s work address’s themes of Black studies, Internal colonialism, and gender justice in the Middle East. Farideh holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Tehran, Iran, where her dissertation, Géopolitique-Parler Femme: Decentralizing the Gendered Face of War Literature in Iranian, Iraqi, and American Women’s War Memoirs, focused on gendered trauma and resistance in war narratives. She also earned a second master’s degree in Cinema Studies from Université de Strasbourg, France, where her thesis, Masculinity Crisis in the Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami, examined cultural representations of gender and power in Iranian cinema. In addition to her academic pursuits, Farideh has extensive experience in teaching and community advocacy. As a LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) instructor at the YMCA – Immigration Services, she has guided newcomers in rebuilding their lives and integrating into Canadian society, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. Farideh is a prolific writer and scholar. Her publications span English, French, and Persian, covering topics such as war memoirs, geocriticism, and cinematic representations of marginalized identities. Her notable works include “A Geocritical Rethinking of Iranian and American Female War Memoirs: Da and Rule Number 2” (2020) and a poetry collection, Lull Me to Sleep Apart from My Poems (2022) that offers a poignant exploration of her experiences as a racialized Iranian woman navigating diverse cultural landscapes. Farideh has also published “Silent Balouchistan: Ethnic and National Identities in Iran, A Critical Review,” which critically examines systemic exclusions faced by non-Persian peoples of Iran. 

Contributions

Gendered Space in Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Cinema

Introduction This article examines the early cinematographic works of ‛Abbās Kīyārustamī (1940-2016), spotlighting the intricate nexus between childhood, education, and…