Janet Afary
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    • Courtship, sex, and marriage in the muslim world and beyond
    • History and politics of gender & sexuality in the Middle East
    • Religion, democracy, and constitutional politics in Iran
    • Folktales, satire, and politics in Iran and Central Asia
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It’s Not Only About the Evil: Gender Beliefs in Six Muslim-Majority Countries

It’s Not Only About the Evil: Gender Beliefs in Six Muslim-Majority Countries

by Olibro | January 5, 2023 | Articles

Western depictions of gender relations in Muslim-majority societies reflect two widespread assumptions, shared even by many academics. The first assumption is that the Muslim world is uniformly gender-traditional, meaning that opinions on gender issues are presumed...
[Published] Woman, Life, Freedom: The Origins of the Uprising in Iran

[Published] Woman, Life, Freedom: The Origins of the Uprising in Iran

by Olibro | December 6, 2022 | News

In March, 1979, urban Iranian women and girls and their male supporters took part in a week of demonstrations in Tehran, beginning on International Women’s Day, to protest the new Islamist regime’s edict compelling women to wear hijabs. The demonstrators expressed a...
[video] Leading the Way: Iranian Women and Their Long Road for Their Rights

[video] Leading the Way: Iranian Women and Their Long Road for Their Rights

by Olibro | November 1, 2022 | News

Dr. Janet Afary, Millichamp Chair in Global Religion & Modernity and professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, talks about the events that sparked the latest women’s protests in Iran, explains the long history of women leading change...
The Modern Feminist Tradition in Iran Goes Beyond Political Regimes and Eras

The Modern Feminist Tradition in Iran Goes Beyond Political Regimes and Eras

by Olibro | October 1, 2022 | News

Persian: سنت فمینیستی در ایران ورای دوران‌ها و رژیم‌ها قرار دارد French: En Iran, la tradition féministe transcende les époques et les régimes
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