Dedicated to the forests and mountains of Iran, from Golestan to Zagros, that continue to burn in the fire of neglect.
Can a better future be built, with empty hands and a quiet voice, in a country consumed by political, economic, and environmental crises?
Can a woman rise from within this indifference with no position, no funding, and no media platform, and become the pillar of a movement?
In this episode, Ravi-HamAva explores the life and legacy of a woman many have never heard of, yet she was the voice of Iran’s long-silenced nature: Mahlaqa Mallah, known as the mother of Iran’s environmental movement.She was a woman who started over at the age of 50, founded Iran’s first women-led environmental organization at 76, and continued to walk, speak, write, and fight for the planet until the age of 104.
This episode not only revisits her extraordinary life, but also reflects on the meaning of civic responsibility, the vital role of women in confronting national crises, and the devastating effects of systemic corruption on Iran’s environment.If you want to understand why a woman’s name might belong beside rivers and trees, and why women’s voices are, in truth, the voice of the Earth, this episode is for you.
The episode includes short clips from Mahlaqa Mallah’s interviews featured in “All My Trees”, a documentary directed by Rakhshan Banietemad, as well as commentary by Mohammad Darvish on the Miankaleh environmental project, taken from one of his interviews.
The Ravi–HamAva podcast series is committed to fostering national dialogue around universal values: democracy, secular governance, human rights, sexual equality, and the protection of Iran’s territorial integrity.Within this framework, we believe we can move, through collective wisdom toward a free and dignified Iran for all Iranians, regardless of belief, opinion, sexuality, ethnicity, or background.
“A government of the people, by the people, for the people.”