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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.
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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.”
Read Moredouble X started a really fascinating dialogue between Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi and our own Janet Afary, author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran.
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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.
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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 >>
Read MoreWith 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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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.
Read MoreSexual 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 couple decades forwarded the position of women in unexpected ways. “the Islamic republic encouraged rural and urban women from more religious sectors to join Islamist […]
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