Feminism, human rights and current affairs will arrive on the stage of the Ariston in the second evening of the new edition, which began with a record audience on February 7, for viva voce by Drusilla Foer. The actress will be back on stage after last year’s perfect run together with Pegah Moshir Pouractivist of Iranian origins for several years residing in Basilicata.
The name of Moshir Pour is known among the activists engaged in the dissemination of important issues, at the center of the most current events, in the case of Pegah the plight of Iran and its women in struggle. Born in 2001, born in Tehran but Lucan by adoption, consultant in a multinational company, the activist carries out an intense debate activity in schools, to get straight to the point of the question with the new generations. In addition to collaborating with Italian and Iranian institutions on international projects and being part of Giovani Unesco Italia, Pegah also attends events dedicated to feminism and multiculturalism as a speaker. On her Instagram profile, the intense dissemination activity on the subject continues situation in Iranon the protests, on the battle for freedom that the women and men of the country have been carrying on since the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, who died at 22 after being stopped by the police because she didn’t wear the veil correctly, then killed by the beatings of those who arrested her. In Pegah’s stories unravel explanations, stories, analysis of the socio-economic situation of the country, a broad, objective and honest picture of the reasons for the protests.
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In an open letter addressed to the rectors of Italian universities written in October 2022, Pegah invoked the right to study for all Iranian students residing in Italy. «The right to live in a democratic country is fundamental and unfortunately not taken for granted; therefore we need to look more carefully at these young people and not force them to return to Iran, help them find a job, a placement!». Of these issues, but also of the violence, abuses and abuses imposed by the Iranian regime, Drusilla Foer and Pegah Moshir Pour they will speak on the Ariston stage, shouting that slogan, #DonnaVitaLibertàwhich has become a universal motto speaking of human rights and resistance.
