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Iranian Women’s Magazine Zanan Makes Comeback

By Nina Ansary ● Uncategorized ● May 28, 2014

It’s re-launching May 29 in Iran. After being shut down by hardliners in 2008 the revival of this 16-year-old feminist publication is an event to celebrate as a defining moment for the resurgence of women’s rights in the post-Ahmadinejad era.

In Iran, Keep Your Eye on Jump in Female Literacy

By Nina Ansary ● Uncategorized ● March 29, 2014

The Islamization of society in Iran may have been designed to resurrect the image of the time-honored Muslim woman. But the single-sex schooling it brought about shows signs of enormous success and may have had an opposite and hugely empowering effect.