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Shila Behjat is a feminist journalist, presenter and publicist with German-Iranian roots. After studying law in Hamburg and Paris, she was a UK correspondent for Axel Springer and reported on the UN Commission on the Status of Women for the women\u2019s portal goFeminin in 2010. She was editor-in-chief of the ARTE magazine until 2019. Since 2021, she has been working as a cultural editor and is responsible for documentaries and new formats for the \u00bbARTE\u00ab. Her writing mostly revolves around the big question of equality. In 2024, she published her debut \u00bbS\u00f6hne gro\u00dfziehen als Feministin\u00ab [tr. Raising Sons as a Feminist], in which she describes her concerns as a mother of two sons growing up in a world characterized by gender inequality. In 2025, she published \u00bbFrauen und Revolution\u00ab [tr. Women and Revolution], documenting the global female protest of the present day and showing that women in the most adverse circumstances are no longer victims, but shapers of history. Shila Behjat lives in Berlin. <\/p>\n\n

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