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Sonia Balassanian: Writing the lmpossible

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Claudia Yaghoobi is a Roshan Institute Associate Professor in Persian Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of Temporary Marriage in Iran: Gender and […]

Pioneer Female Directors, Writers and Producers in Iranian Cinema

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Khatereh Sheibani is a researcher of Iranian cinema and Persian literature. She has established Persian studies at York University, Canada, where she is currently teaching courses on Persian literature and […]

Women Depicting Freedom of Movement in Iranian Cinema

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Professor Nacim Pak-Shiraz is Personal Chair in Cinema and Iran, and Head of the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She has published in […]

Women Poets: Gendered Personhood and Displacement

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Dr. Fatemeh Shams is a specialist in Persian literature. She earned her Ph.D in Oriental Studies from University of Oxford, Wadham College. Before joining Penn, she taught Persian language and […]

Anthologies of Persian(ate) Poetry by Women

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Sunil Sharma is a professor of Persianate and comparative literature at Boston University. His areas of expertise are Persian and South Asian literatures, and his research interests include poetry and […]

Context and Concept: Early 20th century Women Poets

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Rivanne Sandler is Professor Emerita at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Toronto. She is a specialist of early-20th century Iranian women’s poetry. In their vision […]

Women and Electoral Campaigns in Iran

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Bio: Dr Mahmoud Pargoo is a research fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, and the lead author of Presidential Elections in Iran: Islamic idealism since the revolution (Cambridge University […]

Male-Female Relationships in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema

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Asal Bagheri has a PhD in Semiology and Linguistics, with a specialization in Iranian cinema. She has written several articles on Iranian cinema in French, English, and Persian. Bagheri has […]

Iraj Pezeshkzad on Sa’dian Satire

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Bio: Iraj Pezeshkzad is an Iranian writer and author of the famous Persian novel, Dear Uncle Napoleon, which was published to great acclaim in the early 1970s.   Abstract: Iraj […]