{"id":23912,"date":"2022-10-10T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T20:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/2022\/10\/10\/for-my-sister-your-sister-our-sisters\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T18:14:49","slug":"for-my-sister-your-sister-our-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/2022\/10\/10\/for-my-sister-your-sister-our-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"For my sister, your sister, our sisters.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For my sister, your sister, our sisters. For women, life, freedom.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

These words have become a rallying cry for those fighting for the rights of women in Iran.<\/p>\n

On September 16, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed in Tehran under police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab according to government standards.<\/p>\n

In the following days, Nika Shakarami, and Sarina Esmaeilzadeh were also killed fighting for equitable treatment.<\/p>\n

Amini’s death and its significance in the push for equitable treatment of women in Iran were also felt by Iranian students at NC State.<\/p>\n

Alan Yeh, a Master of Industrial Design student known for his vibrant murals on campus<\/a>, was approached by the NC State Iranian Student Association (ISA) to use his talents. Together, they are making an effort to bring awareness to the significance of Amini\u2019s death and the treatment of Iranian women everywhere.<\/p>\n

A fellow student connected Yeh and ISA. The organization has also been working to bring together students through events on campus, such as a recent memorial to the life of Amini.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a designer, I believe every piece of art can speak louder than words, so I decided to reflect that,\u201d the student said. \u201cI am a fan of graffiti because it is a strong form of expression but I couldn’t do it, so I asked Alan for help. He was so supportive and we together could come up with an idea for that mural and he drew that masterfully.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it came time to paint, it was more than just Yeh who arrived at NC State’s Free Expression Tunnel to commemorate the moment – Iranian and allied students from across the university united to raise awareness as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an honor to be asked to help paint this mural on behalf of the Iranian Students of NC State,\u201d says Yeh. \u201cI think as designers, it is our duty to speak up for the disadvantaged and to promote kindness in whatever ways we can. I\u2019m happy I was able to play a small part in bringing awareness to Women\u2019s ongoing struggle in Iran to fight for their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

This post was originally published<\/a> in College of Design Blog.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"

\"For my sister, your sister, our sisters. For women, life, freedom.\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

These words have become a rallying cry for those fighting for the rights of women in Iran.<\/p>\n\n

On September 16, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed in Tehran under police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab according to government standards.<\/p>\n\n

In the following days, Nika Shakarami, and Sarina Esmaeilzadeh were also killed fighting for equitable treatment.<\/p>\n\n

Amini's death and its significance in the push for equitable treatment of women in Iran were also felt by Iranian students at NC State.<\/p>\n\n

Alan Yeh, a Master of Industrial Design student known for his vibrant murals on campus<\/a>, was approached by the NC State Iranian Student Association (ISA) to use his talents. Together, they are making an effort to bring awareness to the significance of Amini\u2019s death and the treatment of Iranian women everywhere.<\/p>\n\n

A fellow student connected Yeh and ISA. The organization has also been working to bring together students through events on campus, such as a recent memorial to the life of Amini.<\/p>\n\n

<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAs a designer, I believe every piece of art can speak louder than words, so I decided to reflect that,\u201d the student said. \u201cI am a fan of graffiti because it is a strong form of expression but I couldn't do it, so I asked Alan for help. He was so supportive and we together could come up with an idea for that mural and he drew that masterfully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

When it came time to paint, it was more than just Yeh who arrived at NC State's Free Expression Tunnel to commemorate the moment - Iranian and allied students from across the university united to raise awareness as well.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt was an honor to be asked to help paint this mural on behalf of the Iranian Students of NC State,\u201d says Yeh. \u201cI think as designers, it is our duty to speak up for the disadvantaged and to promote kindness in whatever ways we can. I\u2019m happy I was able to play a small part in bringing awareness to Women\u2019s ongoing struggle in Iran to fight for their rights.\u201d<\/p>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Master of Industrial Design student Alan Yeh was approached by the NC State Iranian Student Association to spread awareness around the death of Mahsa Amini and the challenges Iranian women face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":23913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"ncstate_wire","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-23912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-_from-newswire-collection-279"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23912"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24176,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23912\/revisions\/24176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/industrial-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}