Many of her students—both in Tehran and Strasbourg—recall her not just as a teacher but as a guide. She encouraged them to think dangerously, to see with empathy, and to draw from their lives, however fractured. “Do not let fear replace your brush,” she once told a class. “Fear will not paint truth.” Sima Koban’s passing in 2012 marked the end of a deeply committed life, but her legacy continues in the words she published, the art she created, and the courage she inspired. Her work is studied not only as an artistic achievement but as a document of lived resistance. In recent years, younger writers and artists have rediscovered Cheragh, drawing new energy from its vision.
