The Ladies' Secret Society: History of the Courageous Women of Iran, Hardcover - Manda Zand Ervin

Reducere. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was an unmitigated disaster for the women of Iran. That fact is well known. What is less well-known and what Manda Z...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was an unmitigated disaster for the women of Iran. That fact is well known. What is less well-known and what Manda Z...

DescriptionFor almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state. They have...

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Like their modern counterparts, the 'first ladies' of Rome were moulded to meet the political requirements of their emperors, be they fathers, husb...

Reducere. The early histories of all the Baha'i communities of southern Iran are narrated here for the first time. Drawing on original sources including manu...

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Discover 50 fascinating tales of female pirates, fraudsters, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers, madams, and outlaws in this illustrated book of...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Blake AtwoodIllustration(s): 18 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: InfrastructuresPubl...

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The forty years of Iran's embattled position, commitment to a nuclear programme, and the speculations that the revolution is running down proving t...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Iran, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: Achaemenid Empire: A Captiva...

The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries "An original interpreta...

This volume compares the cinemas of Iran and Turkey in terms of the presence and absence of women on both sides of the camera. From a critical poin...

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"Deeply moving...A first-rate, highly readable intellectual history." -The Wall Street Journal The drama that shaped today's Iran, from the Revolut...

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This is the story of the real Argo and one of the six Americans who escaped the 1979 capture of the American Embassy in Iran. The author explains w...

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An important, urgently needed book--a hugely ambitious, illuminating portrait of the two-century long entwined history of Iran and America, and the...

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Publisher: Pushkin PressAuthor(s): Deesha PhilyawNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 145 x 225 x 26Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

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The bestselling author and historian Lisa Hilton picks up the mythical 'City of Ladies' where the medieval writer Christine de Pisan left off, cont...

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great int...

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