Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island

Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island 2013 Directed by Hassan Solhjou سیمین، ساکن جزیره سرگردانی

Simin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3 different political regimes. She and her husband, (Jalal Al Ahamd) have been regarded as "Iranian Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre". But they had a very different fate. Simin's life is a mirror of what has happened to Iranian women throughout a century, from unveiling the hijab and playing important roles in society to imposing hijab and staying at home in the Islamic regime. This film looks at her life through the history of women's movement in Iran.

Country United Kingdom

Language Persian

Spoken Language Persian

Gnere Documentary

Production Company BBC Persian

Release Date 30 March 2013

58 mins