Shirin Neshat
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Shirin Neshat, born 1957 in Qazvin, Iran, is a contemporary Iranian visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.
The work of Shirin Neshat addresses the social, political and psychological dimensions of women's experience in contemporary Islamic societies. Neshat actively resists stereotypical representations of Islam and her work recognizes the complex intellectual and religious forces shaping the identity of Muslim women throughout the world.
Shirin was profiled in The New Yorker magazine in October 22, 2007, and in 2009 she won the Silver Lion for best director at the 66th Venice Film Festival for her directional debut "Women without Men". In July 2009 Shirin Neshat took part in a three-day hunger strike at the United Nations headquarters in New York in protest fraud in recent elections in Iran.
