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

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"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's affairs, be...

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Main Author: Afkhami, Mahnaz (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Afkhami, Mahnaz.
Women political activists > Iran > Biography.
Women political activists > United States > Biography.
Political activists > Iran > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Women's rights.
Feminism.
Women's Rights.
Femmes activistes > Iran > Biographies.
Femmes activistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Activistes > Iran > Biographies.
Activistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Femmes > Droits.
Féminisme.
Political activists.
Women political activists.
Iran.
United States.
Autobiography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiography.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:x, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Women of Kerman
  • Coming to America
  • Return to Iran
  • With the Iranian Delegation at the United Nations
  • The Women's Organization of Iran
  • West Meets East
  • 1975: International Women's Year
  • Appointment to Iran's Cabinet
  • Prime Minister's Dilemma: A Feminist in the Cabinet
  • A Preface to the Revolution
  • Exile
  • Choosing Alliances and Moving Forward
  • Farah
  • Sisterhood
  • SIGI Comes Into Its Own
  • Women in Iran
  • Endings and Beginnings
  • Women's Learning Partnership
  • The War on Terror
  • Iranian Feminism and the Green Revolution
  • Changing the Architecture of Human Relationships.