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  • 30
    Jul

    2009

    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...

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  • 7
    Jul

    2009

    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...

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  • 7
    Jul

    2009

    What the veil can hide

    Slate spinoff 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. ~ ~ ~ Dear Janet, I am glad to...

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  • 29
    Jun

    2009

    Riz Khan interviews Janet Afary

    Janet Afary, in a two part interview with Riz Khan on Al-Jazeera, discusses the question: How far could things go in Iran? Afary is author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. Read More ?

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  • 25
    Jun

    2009

    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...

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  • 15
    Jun

    2009

    Janet Afary on a Divided Iran

    With calls for inquiry over Iran’s election results, The New York Review of Books looks at 3 books that examine divisions in Iran, among them, Janet Afary’s Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. ~...

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  • 13
    May

    2009

    Recreating virginity in Iran

    Janet Afary’s latest article in The Guardian finds an intriguing trend that adds another dimension to her suspicion that a “sexual revolution” may be on the way for Iran. Hymenoplasty,...

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  • 6
    Mar

    2009

    Iran – ripe for a sexual revolution?

    Sexual Politics in Modern Iran author Janet Afary wrote an op-ed piece for yesterday’s Guardian full of fascinating insights into women’s place in modern Iran. Iranian policies over the past...

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