Women’s Resistance in Syria
Women in Syria face numerous challenges yet continue to struggle against fascism, imperialism and patriarchy. Yet with the partial exception of Syrian-Kurdish women in the north, they are absent from mainstream narratives on Syria, relegated invisible by the focus on...
read moreWhy Did Foucault Disregard Iranian Feminists in His Support for Khomeini?
The case of a renowned anti-authoritarian Western philosopher legitimizing the coming-to-power of a brutal theocratic ruling class in Iran raises a number of pressing questions. How could this have come to pass? Review of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender...
read moreIranian LGBT Activist and Writer Comments on Orlando Florida Massacre
Author: Shadi Amin Date: June 13, 2016 Translated by Frieda Afary Source: http://www.iranianprogressives.org/iranian-lgbt-activist-writer-comments-orlando-florida-massacre/ Persian original : https://www.facebook.com/shadi.aminn/posts/10154274781209521...
read moreSeeing the Women in Revolutionary Syria
Author: Razan Ghazzawi Date of publication: March 2014 Source: “The People Want to Bring Down the Regime” in Fabrikzeitung #299 http://www.rotefabrik.ch/_images/admin/zeitung/1394041288_fz_299_web.pdf...
read moreIranians Discuss Nancy Fraser’s and Women of Color’s Critiques of Feminism
Nancy Fraser’s recent article, “How Feminism Became Capitalism’s Handmaiden and How to Reclaim It” has led to some interesting discussions among Iranian women and men inside Iran and in exile. In her article, Fraser argues that the...
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