Fateme Asadi

Funeral

Asadi's funeral was held at the Imam Reza shrine on 11 November 2021 and at the Fatima Masumeh Shrine the next day. Another funeral was held for her on 16 November 2021, with mourners processing from Azadi Square in Sanandaj to her resting place in Hajar Khatoon Mosque.

Legacy The Fateme Asadi Award celebrates rural women artists in the fields of performing arts, cinema, visual arts, decorative arts, hand-woven carpets, clothes and music. Rural women writers who have authored or translated books, stories and poetry can also apply for this award. Rural women who are media activists, leaders of rural non-governmental organizations, experts in rural management, sportswomen, or preachers and promoters of Quranic culture are among the other potential recipients of the award.