{"id":394,"date":"2026-03-02T15:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grassrootsinsolidarity.com\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:40:03","slug":"einleitung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/einleitung\/","title":{"rendered":"Preface"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preface<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Born in Bandar Abbas to an Iranian father and a German mother, my experiences with migration, cultural diversity, and social change continue to shape me to this day.<\/p>

After studying cinematography and earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in Islamic Studies and Visual Anthropology, my path led me above all to people and places where solidarity is put into practice.<\/p>

While traveling and in various social and political contexts, I encountered self-organized initiatives, grassroots movements, and community projects. I was particularly impressed by women and communities who, through their own efforts, create spaces of care, self-empowerment, and solidarity.<\/p>

Drawing on this experience, I founded the grassroots organization Flamingo in Berlin in 2015\u00a0Grassroots-Organisation Flamingo<\/a>\u00a0to support refugee women and children.<\/p>

I am fascinated by places where people take responsibility for one another, share knowledge, and develop new perspectives together\u2014whether in community gardens, women\u2019s villages, or regions being rebuilt after war and displacement.<\/p>

Through \u201cWomen in Solidarity,\u201d I aim to bring these inspiring projects to light. In personal travel stories, I share accounts of encounters, courage, and solidarity in action\u2014and invite you to learn about and support these often-overlooked initiatives.<\/p>

Enjoy reading,
Anuscheh Amir-Khalili<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About the illustrator<\/strong>:<\/p>

May Franzen (1998) is a visual artist, illustrator and activist working at the intersection of art, book design and ecological storytelling. Having grown up in St. Gallen, Switzerland, she developed a close relationship with animals and nature at an early age \u2013 shaped by many hours spent drawing and quietly observing non-human life. These experiences form the basis of a practice rooted in attentiveness, care and political witnessing.<\/p>

About the cover image<\/strong>:<\/p>

The cover features a fragment of a 17th-century Caucasian dragon carpet that was damaged during a bombing raid on the Pergamon Museum in World War II.<\/p>

As part of the \u201cCultural x Collabs \u2013 Weaving the Future\u201d project, a new, complete carpet was created in 2022 by a collective of Indian women. Its 100 fragments traveled around the world, telling stories of connections, histories, and experiences that people share across borders.<\/p>

This image symbolizes \u201cWomen in Solidarity\u201d: communities that strengthen one another, share knowledge, and create new spaces for care and self-empowerment. Like the fragments of a tapestry, the projects presented here are interconnected\u2014they grow, inspire, and support one another.<\/p>

The artist May Franzen translated the fragment into her own painterly language. By layering lines and transparent layers of paint, she creates a network of visual \u201cknots\u201d reminiscent of a tapestry\u2019s structure.<\/p>

For her, these connections symbolize the many humanitarian and feminist grassroots movements worldwide: independent initiatives that, together, unleash greater power. Thus, the image becomes a visualization of solidarity\u2014diverse, vibrant, and interwoven.<\/p>

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\u00dcber das Projekt In Bandar Abbas als Tochter eines iranischen Vaters und einer deutschen Mutter geboren, pr\u00e4gen mich Erfahrungen von Migration, kultureller Vielfalt und gesellschaftlichem Wandel bis heute. Nach meinem Studium der Kamera, einem Bachelor in Islamwissenschaften und der Visuellen Anthropologie f\u00fchrte mich mein Weg vor allem zu Menschen und Orten, an denen Solidarit\u00e4t gelebt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-394","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/394\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womeninsolidarity.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}