Janet Afary
Janet Afary on Women’s Rights in Iran
Janet Afary concludes a dialogue with Nawal El Saadawi initiated at Double X earlier this month. Afary is a professor of religious studies and feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara and author of ‘Sexual Politics in Modern Iran’. El Saadawi is an Egyptian writer famous for her outspokenness, particularly on the issue of women’s rights.
Janet Afary responds
Janet Afary responds to Nawal El Saadawi’s post above; read it here. “In Tehran and the big cities, young people might obtain a simple certificate of temporary marriage to avoid the morality police when they go to the Caspian Sea resort for summer vacation. They then annul the vow when they get home.”
What the veil can hide
double X started a really fascinating dialogue between Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi and our own Janet Afary, author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran.
Riz Khan interviews Janet Afary
Here is the two-part video interview of Janet Afary with Riz Khan of Al-Jazeera. They discuss the question: How far could things go in Iran? Afary is author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran.
Foreign Policy on Iran Reading
Foreign Policy posted its 8 Books Ahmadinejad Doesn’t Want You to Read yesterday, and coming in at #1: Janet Afary’s Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. Keep track of some of Afary’s recent articles here >>
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