Elaheh Rostami-Povey

Iran's Influence (eBook, ePUB)

A Religious-Political State and Society in its Region

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

There is a saying in Arabic, me and my brother against my cousin, and me and my cousin against the outsider.

Iran's Influence is the first comprehensive analysis of the role that Iran plays both in Middle Eastern and global politics. Expert Iranian author Elaheh Rostami Povey provides a much-needed account of one of the Middle East's most controversial and misunderstood countries. Based on several years of original research carried out in Iran and across the Middle East, this insightful guide presents not only a fascinating introduction to the country, but also essential new ideas to help the reader understand the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781848139176
• Artikelnr.: 39063831

Autorenporträt

Elaheh Rostami-Povey is a lecturer in development studies at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on gender issues in Iran and Afghanistan. She is the author of Women, Work and Islamism: Ideology and Resistance in Iran (1999), which was published under her pen name Maryam Poya. This book was then translated into Farsi and published in Iran in 2001 under her own name.