Bakhtiaris are one of the largest and most famous tribal confederacies in Iran.

They speak a type of Lori dialect and live-in towns, villages, and nomadic territories of the central parts of the lofty Zagros Mountain range, Chahar Mahal-o-Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Lorestan, and Isfahan Provinces.

In Nomadic life, women are valuable to their men since they play an important role in the stability of the family and tribal system and in the social structure of the tribe. They are family treasury and when they get old, they become a source of knowledge and information.  Along with other family members, elderly women (dalu) have a fundamental role as well. Dalu hands down the traditions; teaches weaving secrets to the youngsters, leads singing in ceremonies, has an important role in marriage decisions, and every daily activity of other women is done under her consultation.

The nomadic women are dominant in all political, social, and economic decisions of the tribe. They play an important role in the tribe’s decisions. In addition to housekeeping and children’s education, they are highly professional in baking, dicing, and making yogurt, cheese, butter, whey, and oil.

Iran’s more than one million nomads have long resisted modernity through the isolation that comes thorough their lifestyle. Now, the combination of persistent drought, dust storms that turn the skies orange, widespread urbanization, the coming of mobile phones and internet access, and the temptation of modern luxury life in big cities impacts the future of nomadic people’s culture. Although many of their customs and ceremonies remain untouched, the number of nomads has fallen, and the strongest advocates of settling down have been the nomadic women. Their lives are tough, and they know it.

Deep traditions and patriarchy have kept change out. The last nomads still setting up their tents on the flanks of the Zagros admit that they might be the final chapter in the history of one of the largest remaining nomadic communities on Earth.

Till that time, they live, grow up, marry, dance, play, and make happiness the way they have for thousands of years.

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2022-present  Junior designer, Special Space architectural office, Tehran, Iran
2025-present  Photographer of artworks in Art Unity gallery, Tehran, Iran
2024  Photographer of artworks in Keyman gallery, Tehran, Iran
         Member of the provincial Iranian photography association
         Member of the provincial Iranian culture and art association
2025  Selected work: Der Grief
2024  Artist interview: Women Art United
          Artist interview: Subo Art magazine
          Collective exhibition: Decode gallery, USA
          Collective exhibition: Goddess gallery, USA
          Selected work: Women Art United magazine
          Selected work: Subo Art magazine
2023  Selected work: Women Art United magazine
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