The other side of silence : a memoir of exile, Iran, & the global women's movement /

"When Mahnaz Afkhami picked up the phone in a New York hotel room early one morning in November 1978, she learned she could never go home again: she had been declared an apostate and enemy of the Iranian Revolution and was now on its death list. Afkhami, Iran's first minister for women...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Afkhami, Mahnaz (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3374719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue
  • PART I
  • Chapter 1. The Women of Kerman
  • Chapter 2. Coming to America
  • Chapter 3. Return to Iran
  • Chapter 4. With the Iranian Delegation at the United Nation
  • Chapter 5. The Women's Organization of Iran
  • Chapter 6. West Meets East
  • Chapter 7. 1975: International Women's Year
  • Chapter 8. Appointment to Iran's Cabinet
  • Chapter 9. Prime Minister's Dilemma: A Feminist in the Cabinet
  • Chapter 10. A Preface to the Revolution
  • Chapter 11. Exile
  • PART II
  • Chapter 12. Choosing Alliances and Moving Forward
  • Chapter 13. Farah
  • Chapter 14. Sisterhood
  • Chapter 15. SIGI Comes Into Its Own
  • Chapter 16. Women in Iran
  • Chapter 17. Endings and Beginnings
  • Chapter 18. Women's Learning Partnership
  • Chapter 19. The War on Terror
  • Chapter 20. Iranian Feminism and the Green Revolution
  • Chapter 21. Changing the Architecture of Human Relationships
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z