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The other side of silence : a memoir of exile, Iran, & the global women's movement / Mahnaz Afkhami.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Afkhami, Mahnaz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afkhami, Mahnaz.
- Women political activists--Iran--Biography.
- Women political activists.
- Women political activists--United States--Biography.
- Political activists--Iran--Biography.
- Political activists.
- Political activists--United States--Biography.
- Women's rights.
- Feminism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "When Mahnaz Afkhami picked up the phone in a New York hotel room early one morning in November 1978, she learned she could never go home again: she had been declared an apostate and enemy of the Iranian Revolution and was now on its death list. Afkhami, Iran's first minister for women's affairs, began to rebuild her life in the United States, becoming an architect of the women's movement in the Global South. Along the way, she encountered familial, cultural, political, and organizational hurdles that threatened to derail her quest to empower women and change the very structure of human relations. A skilled storyteller who has spent her life in two worlds, Mahnaz Afkhami shares her unexpected and meteoric rise from unassuming English professor to a champion of women's rights in Iran; the clash between Western feminists and those from the Global South; and the challenges of international women's rights work during the so-called war on terror"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Women of Kerman
- Coming to America
- Return to Iran
- With the Iranian Delegation at the United Nations
- The Women's Organization of Iran
- West Meets East
- 1975: International Women's Year
- Appointment to Iran's Cabinet
- Prime Minister's Dilemma: A Feminist in the Cabinet
- A Preface to the Revolution
- Exile
- Choosing Alliances and Moving Forward
- Farah
- Sisterhood
- SIGI Comes Into Its Own
- Women in Iran
- Endings and Beginnings
- Women's Learning Partnership
- The War on Terror
- Iranian Feminism and the Green Revolution
- Changing the Architecture of Human Relationships.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908613-5-1
- 979-88-908613-6-8
- 1-4696-7001-1
- OCLC:
- 1344160573
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