Mostofi Moghadam Houri

Never Invisible: An Iranian Woman's Life Across the Twentieth Century (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mage Publishers Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781949445473
• Artikelnr.: 68953379

Autorenporträt

Houri was among the first women to go to university in Iran, working as a teacher for nearly forty years and diligently continuing with her own education in later life, including traveling to the U.S. as a Fulbright Scholar, and, after being forced into exile following the Islamic Revolution of 1979, studying for a PhD at the Sorbonne in Paris. From a privileged social class, with a glamorous, jet-setting lifestyle, Houri was a pioneer, nonetheless, and a feminist for her own time. Through her hard work and frequent acts of braveryfrom standing up to sinister intruders to dogged persistence in the face of intransigent officialdomshe made sure that, as a woman, she was never overlooked, never invisible, even when hidden under a dark chador at the Revolutionary Court. It was women like Houri who were the precursors of the young women fighting for equal rights and justice in Iran today.