Jewels of Allah
Subtitle: the untold story of women in Iran
By: Nina Ansary, Ph. D.
Publisher: Revela Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780986406409; 9780986406416; 9780986406423
Subjects: Women; History; Feminism; Women's rights
Description: During the Pahlavi Monarchy, women were on an upward trajectory. In a nation on the cusp of modernity, women actively participated. They were given the right to vote and free to be in public without veils. They wore miniskirts on university campuses. Then came the Islamic Revolution in 1979, with Ayatollah Khomeini at the helm. The burgeoning freedoms for women were extinguished. The veil was required and institutions were segregated by gender. The Islamic Republic had thus achieved its goal of resurrecting the image of the traditional Muslim woman
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.