Chabahar, or Chah Bahar, is a port city on the Gulf of Oman. It is in the central district of southeastern Iran, in the province of Sistan and Balochistan. This article was originally published on October 16, 2022 with the title “Why Is the Chabahari Girl Our Symbol?” At that time, we did not know the real name of young Maho and called her by the name the media called her: “Chabahari girl.” Now that we finally know her name, we are republishing this essay with a new title. “Dasgohari” is the term for a longstanding social tradition of camaraderie, companionship, care, and sisterhood among Baloch women.
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Trans. notes: the introduction to this essay is translated from Radio Zamaneh’s republication of the essay →.
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Translation edited by Soori Parsa.