Iranian Women

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The paper outlines the success stories of eight Iranian women who, despite the oppressive policy of the Iranian regime directed against women, became leaders and pioneers in their fields. The paper looks at Professor of English literature, Azar Nafisi Nafisi; progressive Iranian woman author, Shahrnush Parsipur; 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi; leading politician, Masoumeh Ebtekar; Olympic participant, Manijeh Kazemi; vice-president of Iran's Olympic Committee, Faezeh Hashemi; NASA scientist Azadeh Tabazadeh; and Iranian-born actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo.

From the Paper:

"Equally as impressive as having a woman in the Olympic games from Iran, are the efforts being made by the country's Olympic Committee's vice president. Faezeh Hashemi encourages young girls to practice sports such as volleyball and running. This is a great step forward for Iranian women. However, for each step forward in Iran, there seems to be two steps back. Hashemi, was brash enough to start a newspaper for Iranian women's sports. It was shut down. She also won a seat in parliament only to be soon removed from that seat (Wolff, 2000). Hashemi once again proves that great ideas rise from oppression. However, all too often those dreams are smashed before they come into fruition."

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