The Collective: How a new initiative seeks to amplify Black and Afro-Iranian voices ...Kuwait

Frustrated by the absence of Black voices in the Iranian community and the media, a group came together to form a collective to amplify their voices and experiences. Melika is a storyteller from Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. One day she was invited to model for a photographer, but on her arrival to the shoot Melika was greeted with the look of disbelief from his colleague. "Are you kidding me? This girl doesn't even have a beautiful face, her hair is frizzy. And her skin is black, how much editing will we have to do to have her skin be lighter?" Melika recalls the day with sadness; "I'll never forget that day. I looked down and lost my self-confidence," she bravely tells online audience

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