{"id":3864,"date":"2022-10-03T23:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T03:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2023-03-26T19:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T23:57:56","slug":"coffee-conversation-oct-07-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/coffee-conversation-oct-07-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee &#038; Conversation: Oct. 07, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> The Death of Mahsa Amini in Iran<\/p>\n<p><span>For this week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/programs\/coffee-convo\/\">Coffee &amp; Conversation<\/a>, we&#8217;ll discuss the\u00a0death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini died in custody after she was arrested by morality police in Iran for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic&#8217;s strict dress code for women.\u00a0<\/span>Thousands have taken to the streets to protest against Iran&#8217;s hijab laws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amini&#8217;s death has reignited anger over issues including restrictions on personal freedoms in Iran, the strict dress codes for women and an economy reeling from sanctions.&#8221; &#8211; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/kurdish-protesters-rally-erbil-over-mahsa-aminis-death-2022-09-24\/\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested Reading:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who is Mahsa Amini, and Why Did Her Death Spark Protests &#8211; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/story\/who-is-mahsa-amini-and-why-did-her-death-spark-protests-in-iran-d4236eb3\"><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Mahsa Amini Was Arrested For \u2018Bad Hijab.\u2019 But the Only \u2018Bad Hijab\u2019 Is a Forced One &#8211; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/career-politics\/a41429102\/mahsa-amini-iran-death-hijab-protests\/\"><em>ELLE<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I Think the Women Are Winning &#8211; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2022\/09\/mahsa-amini-death-iran-revolution\/671589\/\"><em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Mahsa Amini: how one woman\u2019s death ignited protests in Iran &#8211; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/audio\/2022\/oct\/03\/mahsa-amini-how-one-womans-death-ignited-protests-in-iran\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v2-636x516.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v2-636x516.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v2-768x624.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v2.png 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v1-636x359.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v1-636x359.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v1-930x528.png 930w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/files\/2022\/10\/Iran.v1.png 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/world\/2022\/09\/22\/iran-protests-erupted-after-death-22-year-old-mahsa-amini\/8081886001\/\">USA Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: The Death of Mahsa Amini in Iran For this week&#8217;s Coffee &amp; Conversation, we&#8217;ll discuss the\u00a0death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini died in custody after she was arrested by morality police in Iran for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic&#8217;s strict dress code for women.\u00a0Thousands have taken to the streets to protest against Iran&#8217;s hijab [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4042,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions\/4042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}