Artist in Exile

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Shirin Neshat is seen as a powerful voice for Iranian women...but her art has never been shown in Iran. She speaks on life in exile and how her acclaimed and controversial art is shaped by politics. You can watch a version of this interview on YouTube here. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without ads. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.

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0:38.2	I'm Manouche Zomerodi.
0:41.1	I had a very happy childhood and we had lived in a beautiful house with beautiful gardens.
0:47.4	Shrine de Shot grew up in Grazvine, Iran in the 1960s and 70s.
0:53.1	My 17 years of living there and it was very happy.
0:59.4	But when she turned 17, her parents, like many Iranians who could afford it, wanted
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