As protests over the death of Mahsa Amini continue, Iranian-Dutch singer Eyelar shares what it’s like for those fighting.
fighting for women’s freedom in Iran have died. As a second-generation emigrant of Iran, the oppression that grips the women that bore my heritage hits deep. I still have family over there, terrified yet still fighting for their right to be treated as human beings.
That could have been me if my family had stayed in Iran. My mother was eight months pregnant with me when my father turned to her and said, ‘We need to leave Iran, there is no future for our kids here.’ My brother was just eight years old, and we often wonder how our lives would’ve turned out had they chosen to stay. It’s because of their choice to leave that even from a young age, I knew instinctively that I had to do something significant in life.
I haven’t visited Iran now since 2013 as once I started making music there was no way I could ever go back again, I risked being put in jail or worse. As a woman, me pursuing my passion and purpose is against the law there. I am an Iranian woman who was born in the west, I didn't choose this, but I am very lucky my parents did. It makes my dedication to standing up for Iranian women feel even more essential. The power of my voice as a musician means that I can share the fight for freedom in Iran with people on a global scale, especially with the influence social media. I can share the harrowing stories my people have to face every day, and hope that this opens the world's eyes to frightening reality.
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