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In a country where the government dictates when and where a woman artist can show her work, Samira is bravely painting Iranian women as she sees them — not just as veiled objects.  Love videos like this? Don't miss out: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29  "Tehran Unveiled" profiles four bold and creative women who reveal how the Iranian government views their art and how oppressive restrictions curb self-expression. Their desire to follow their dreams surpasses their need for well-being, and as a result, these courageous women are risking their livelihoods to tell their stories and change the conversation about a "woman's place" in Islamic society, Iran, and the world.  For more profiles of women fighting censorship in Iran, go to: http://bit.ly/tehran-unveiled  For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com Like Refinery29 on Facebook: http://facebook.com/refinery29 Follow Refinery29 on Twitter: http://twitter.com/refinery29 Heart Refinery29 on Instagram: http://instagram.com/refinery29

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00:06I am very excited to see the story of the people who are in the world and the people who

00:15are in the world.

00:17I remember that my first time I had a picture of my face and I had a picture of my

00:22face.

00:29I used to write the writing of the book.

00:31I made a painting of the book every year,

00:31and it was not the first time in the history of the Iranian history.

00:35It was the first time I had to write the book.

00:37I spent a year in the last 12 years,

00:39I made a painting of the book every year.

00:46When you don't know your work,

00:48you don't have a meeting,

00:50you can be a teacher.

00:52They were amazing.

00:55They were really amazing.

00:58They were amazing.

00:59For the women,

01:00who came to see how they were,

01:01women are more in Iran.

01:07The women in Iran are more in a film.

01:11We were in Iran

01:11as a filmmaker for the world.

01:17A woman from Iran

01:19It was designed to create an object like this.

01:25The image that I made is the most important part of it.

01:34I don't think it's going to happen,

01:38but it's a bad place and a good place,

01:43but it's the same thing that makes it change.

01:51Oh

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