Pahlavi Iran And The Politics Of Occidentalism Av Zhand Shakibi

The Takkiyya Mu¿avin al-Mulk is a building complex in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, dedicated to the annual commemoration of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn ¿Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680, an event of seminal significance to Shi''i...

This volume explores the lives of women in Iran through the social, political and aesthetic contexts of veiling, unveiling and re-veiling. Through poetic writings and photographs, Azadeh Fatehrad responds to the legacy of the Iranian Revolution via the...

This book charts the history of Iran's sexual revolution from the nineteenth century to today. The resilience of the Iranian people forms the basis of this sexual revolution, one that is promoting reforms in marriage and family laws, and demanding...

Evaluates the East-West encounter portrayed in Maghrebi literature from colonial times to the post-9/11 period.