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The sounds from the street

Friday, September 18, was Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Iran. It was first announced 30 years ago by Ayatollah Khomeini to express solidarity with Palestinians. But

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Join us Saturdays in the park

From: www.mournfulmothers.blogfa.com Iran’s Committee of Mournful Mothers is formed by mothers who have lost their children- killed, imprisoned or disappeared- during the peaceful demonstrations protesting

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Dominating others

Missing Soluch BY Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Translated from the Farsi by Kamran Rastegar Melville House Press, 2007 Published during revolutionary times in Iran in 1979, Missing

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Right time, right strategy

I have known . In the past, Iranian women’s movement(s) have been initiated by the elite women- either educated, wealthy or attached to the political

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Elham Gheytanchi

Islam in public

Excerpt from “Women in the Islamic Iranian Public,” by Elham Ghetanchi published in Islam in Public: Turkey, Iran, and Europe, editors Nilufer Gole & Ludwig

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Elham Gheytanchi

Civil society in Iran

MA thesis published in International Sociology Journal, Volume 16, No. 4, December 2001. Abstract Civil society and the public sphere are based on historically specific

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Women against women

Parliament, or Majlis, in post-revolutionary Iran has been, for the most part, a conservative force with an exception of the sixth Majlis which formed three

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Long-distance participation

I have been going to Iranian Women’s Studies Conference since its inception in 1991. IWSF’s annual meetings are usually held in different countries by rotating

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The last straw

I am not a pessimist and I don't usually comment on political events. I believe in people's power to change their condition. I believe in

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Weapon of choice

Living in Los Angeles brings one into contact with many Iranians. Some have been out of the country for decades. Once in a while you

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Three days in Denver

The thirteenth International conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation (IWSF) took place in Denver, Colorado with the cooperation of the Center for Studies and

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