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| user: | sml2198 | | created: | October 14, 2014 | | karma: | 1 | | about: | When seven Iranians were arrested for dancing to a home video of "Happy" by Pharrel, Melika Behrooz wondered, "If people in Iran could ever be happy when their regime had control over their every move." She then traveled to Tehran, her hometown, to photo catalogue her "private resistance" against political oppression, but also western media's depiction of her beautiful, albeit troubled, home. She photographed herself listening to the song against the country's most iconic backdrops. Her inspiring art "is a story on being happy in Iran. | | submissions | | comments | | favorites |
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