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  <default-description>In a comprehensive and original analysis, Parvin Paidar considers the role of women in the political process of twentieth-century Iran and demonstrates how political reorganization has redefined their position. Challenging the view expressed by conventional scholarship that emphasizes the marginalization of Muslim women, the author asserts that gender issues are right at the heart of the political process in Iran. The implications of the study bear on the position of women throughout the Middle East and in the developing countries generally.</default-description>
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    <body><![CDATA[The history of Iranian women's efforts for their rights, their involvement in social changes and revolutions from the Qajar era is the main theme of the book.It shows that Iranian women have started their fight against the social unjustice so long ago and played an active role in Constitutional, and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/94810">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[completely changed my outlook and thus my thesis.  incredible account of women's organizing and movements in iran.]]></body>
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