{"id":3573,"date":"2023-04-21T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T00:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2024-09-16T15:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:09:32","slug":"rise-by-naza-alakija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/rise-by-naza-alakija\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Rise&#8221; by Naza Alakija"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3573\" class=\"elementor elementor-3573\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83d991c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83d991c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb9e3b9\" data-id=\"fb9e3b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ffd8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45ffd8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Rise\" by Naza Alakija <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43844f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43844f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c752b66\" data-id=\"c752b66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b2c41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13b2c41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3570\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/oldsite\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/RISE-filmmaker-300x279.png\" alt=\"Naza Alakija\" width=\"250\" height=\"233\" \/>On Newroz 2023, Iranian activist Naza Alakija paid tribute to the \u201cJin, Jiyan, Azad\u00ee\u201d movement by releasing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/iranian-activist-naza-alakija-pays-150000561.html\">short film<\/a> <em>Rise<\/em>, about a young woman who, like Jina Emini, is arrested by Iran\u2019s morality police on the streets of Tehran.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alakija, the founder and CEO of London-based Evoca Foundation, an NGO that advocates for girls&#8217; and young women&#8217;s access to education and that funds grassroots movements that seek holistic solutions to the climate crisis and equitable futures for all. She produced the film with partners who remain anonymous for fear of retribution from Iran\u2019s security forces.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Rise<\/em> features the British-Iranian actor Yasaman Mohsani. A voice-over reads the words of Maya Angelou\u2019s poem \u201cStill I Rise,\u201d and the soundtrack is the music of Kurdish artist Hani Mojtahedy and Iranian rapper Gdaal. 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