Haven’t you noticed the obvious? The inexorable link between France and Algeria. This beautiful country that goes out of its way to reject the other, as if their blood and tears had not been mixed.
Look her straight in the eye. Yes, look at her. Her scarifications content the atrocity of the violence done to those who “dare” to live normally. Disfigured? No. A figure of bravery, rather. If Marzieh’s attackers thought they had dug her grave, they have in fact raised to the top a woman of great beauty that they will not have completely erased. Now a spokesperson for all the oppressed women in her country, Iran, Marzieh is fighting the battle of her life. A fight for freedom.