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Self-Immolation: A Desperate Protest Against the Patriarchy

In “Roulah,” Iranian photographer Shaghayegh Moradiannejad uncovers a harrowing practice of suicide among Kurdish women across the Middle East.

The article that was published in Blind magazine was about the Kurdish women who had self-immolation in 4 countries, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. Blind is a bilingual, French, and English online magazine that publishes daily photography news from around the world.

Miss Rosen is a New York-based writer focusing on art, photography, and culture. Her work has been published in books and magazines, including Time, Vogue, Aperture, and Vice, among others.