Gisuboran
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thumb|Hair cutting - Solidarity with Iranian Protests in Australia Gisuborān meaning haircutting (Persian: گیسوبران) is one of the mourning rituals in Iranian culture. This ritual gives a sad and emotional state to mourning. In 2022 women in Iran and later internationally used haircutting as a protest against the treatment of women in Iran. The BBC included an unknown woman cutting her hair as one of their 100 Women in 2022.
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- BBC 100 Women
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- Iran
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- In Persian literature
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- Gisuboran for Mahsa Amini
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thumb|Hair cutting - Solidarity with Iranian Protests in Australia Gisuborān meaning haircutting (Persian: گیسوبران) is one of the mourning rituals in Iranian culture. This ritual gives a sad and emotional state to mourning. In 2022 women in Iran and later internationally used haircutting as a protest against the treatment of women in Iran. The BBC included an unknown woman cutting her hair as one of their 100 Women in 2022.
== In Persian literature == In Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi, Farangis cut her hair because of her husband's unjust death, named Siyâvash.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gisuboran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.