Ms Vasefi is also the Director of Sydney International Women’s Poetry & Art Festival that focuses on the prevalence of violence against women and aims to unite and empower women internationally. In addition, she is a Refugee Council of Australia Ambassador for Refugee Week and a committee member of the Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation.
Saba’s master’s thesis in Feminist Literary Criticism received the highest grade possible and at the age of twenty-four she became a lecturer at the prestigious Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. She was expelled from the university after four years of teaching due to her activist activities against capital punishment. She holds a postgraduate degree in Documentary at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and is studying her second master’s degree in Feminist Cinema Studies at Macquarie University.
Saba made an underground documentary about child execution in Iran, titled Don’t Bury My Heart, which was screened by the BBC, the United Nations and at various film festivals. Her documentary, Symphony of Strange Water, the story of a young refugee girl, was launched at the UN and NSW Parliament House. Her story of a Muslim lesbian couple, Behind the Burqa, was shortlisted at Shark Island Institute for Best Social Impact Documentary. Saba’s film Beyond the Father’s Shadow, the story of Australia’s first female parliamentarian, Edith Cowan, was launched at NSW Parliament House.
