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| interview | | Women need to believe in themselves |
| Mirjana Dokmanavic with Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2008-11-19 |
| “Fundamentalism is growing around the world. It is not specifically a Muslim phenomenon. We find it in Christian society, and among Hindus and Jews. Women are also affected” |
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| interview | | Why did I convert to Christianity? |
| Asghar Ahanin, 2008-11-5 |
| Marjan Sadeqi Nejat was born in Tehran in the year of the revolution and is now twenty. She is one of five thousand Persian speaking Iranians who converted to Christianity in that country alone. |
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| Survivors of the 1988 massacre seek justice |
| Nooshin Shahrokhi, 2008-10-6 |
| Every year a memorial service is held in Hanover, Germany, for the people who were massacred in the eighties. According to Amnesty International and the families of the victims, more than four thousand prisoners were killed and thrown into a mass grave within the space of a few weeks. |
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| ُSocial | | The risk of wearing pink |
| Nies Medema, 2008-9-30 |
| Although European newspapers publish articles about the ban on styling-gel for boys, there is hardly an Iranian youngster to be seen without it. Even schoolboys sometimes wear their hair sticking straight up in spikes. Short sleeved T-shirts show off muscles, jeans are slim-fit, western style. |
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| A polygomist in Iran: I’m rich enough to afford a second wife if I want one |
| Marjan Hosseini, 2008-9-23 |
| Whether said jokingly or seriously, many women have heard remarks like this one, either from their own husbands or from other male members of their families. According to Islamic tradition, a man may take up to four wives and as many concubines as he likes. There are no legal obstacles to polygamy in Iran, and references to second or third wives can be found in various laws.
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| More women's taxis in Iran |
| Nies Medema, 2008-9-16 |
| Female taxi drivers are not taking over of course, but they are popular with women. 'I feel more comfortable with a female driver. |
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| ُSocial | | A letter from Evin Peison |
| Mahboobeh Karami , 2008-9-12 |
| It’s now more than two months since Mahboobeh Karami, one of the instigators of the ‘one million signatures’ campaign, was arrested. She was picked up on Vali Asre Street, near a park where people were demonstrating against government corruption. Now in Evin prison, she wrote this article and dictated it to us over the telephone.
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| activist: government pushes us backward, we push forward |
| Bahram Haydari, 2008-9-8 |
| Various Iranian women’s rights groups want to improve legal rights for women, and are already campaigning for changes to laws governing inheritance and divorce settlements. However, the family protection bill is a step in the opposite direction. |
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| Editorial | | 12 documentaries on daily life in iran |
| 1001 seconds on each theme, 2008-8-12 |
| On its second birthday, Shahrzad News is proud to present a series of twelve documentary films, the work of twenty-three young journalists working in Iran. Each is 1001 seconds long. Feature interviews with experts and with ordinary people.
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| culture | | New begin for Iranian Writer’s Association |
| Bahram Haydari, 2008-7-31 |
| New members have been elected in a general meeting of the Iranian Writer’s Association, almost seven years after the last such meeting. Since then, every attempt to hold an Annual General Meeting has been disrupted by security forces surrounding the building. |
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| ُSocial | | A male journalist reports about a women's park |
| Bahram Heydari, 2008-7-16 |
| It’s now one month since the Sorkhe-hessar park opened in Tehran, the first “women only” park in the city, and the culmination of many years of campaigning for exclusive spaces for women. Such parks already exist in Shiraz, Esfahan, Ardabil, Tabriz, Qom, Arak, and Mashad. |
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| Editorial | | Sexual taboos in Iran; women pay the price |
| Mona Faramarzi, editorial assistant, Shahrzad News, 2008-7-10 |
| Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, the Iranian government has been gradually establishing more and more control over women. Initially they simply imposed hejab (the wearing of the head scarf and other appropriate clothing), but increasingly they have been interfering in all matters relating to sex and sexual relationships. |
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