The Clocktower Café is to stage a powerful exhibition throughout September called “Surviving Evin” – laying bare the experience of British national Anoosheh Ashoori, who was arbitrarily jailed for four-and-a-half years in Iran until his release – alongside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – in March 2022.
Holding on to hope: Anoosheh Ashooricomes to Croydon in September to talk about his experience, and his exhibition
Ashoori will be at the Clocktoweer in Katharine Street from 11am on September 5 for the formal opening of the exhibition, when he will speak about his experiences.
The exhibition, devised by Ashoori with the support of Amnesty International UK, will recreate the emotional and physical reality of his detention.
“This moving exhibition is designed to take visitors through the years he spent in prison, from his arrest by Iranian intelligence officers and his first interrogations, time spent in solitary confinement, daily life with other inmates, the impact of his family’s campaigning back home and his life after release,” Amnesty International says.
The exhibition features reconstruction of Anoosheh’s arrest, the crowded conditions in cockroach- and bedbug-infested communal cells, and how the the hope of running the London Marathon after his release helped him cope with his time in jail.
“This exhibition aims to provide a deep insight into the challenges and triumphs I encountered during the 1,677 days of captivity, as well as life after my release,” Ashoori said.
“I think the exhibition is a testament to the ability of the human spirit to endure, to find hope amid despair, to face adversity and to emerge stronger. I hope it reminds everyone who visits of the importance of empathy, understanding and solidarity in our shared humanity.”
- “Surviving Evin” will be on display at the Clocktower Café on Katharine Street from September 1 to October 1. The Clocktower Café is open 9.30am to 5.30pm Mondays to Saturdays
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