Projects under work by Arash Azizi
The life of Maryam Firouz: reclaiming a forgotten Iranian feminist
Maryam Firouz is a familiar name to those interested in Iranian history and her fabulous story of... more Maryam Firouz is a familiar name to those interested in Iranian history and her fabulous story of leaving a royal family with all its privileges for a life of organizing as a communist is well-known. Our claim that she is “forgotten”, however, is based on the fact that her real contributions and historical role are often written off in the dominant historiography and that any recounting of her work is often done using heavily gendered stereotypes that masks her real work.
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Projects under work by Arash Azizi