Mariya

Mariya a 35 year old theater actress, she is electing to remain single, defying their parents’ expectations and the strict conventions of the Islamic Republic. this photo is part of the photography series about single woman's who decided to live alone and be independent in Iran. In a society of 80 million whose theocracy preaches that a woman’s main purpose in life is to be a wife and mother it's a very difficult decision to became a single and independent woman and live by yourself, woman is a questionable character in Iran and in so many neighbor the connotation of single woman is that she is a sex worker? Or she is she available for sex?