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Andaroni... A place to wait.... Being chosen and coming out.... Eight women who were pulled from the heart of Andaroni history... Eight women out of thousands who remained behind the veil in the inner and outer rooms of their homes and were not recognized, and there is not even a complete description of their faces and character, except for the descriptions that were formed about them in a male discourse and by which they were recognized. Now they stand before us like summoned spirits, and this time they are unable to speak... Because they have been adorned by the will of another in the symbolic realm, and eyes and ears will be drawn to their adornments.... Pay no attention to their adornments... Ignore their jewelry... What will remain is a body that speaks of their time and feminine suffering.
Amir Nezam Eskandari May, 2025