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Author Archives: alstraus
Reza Shah Pahlavi’s Anti-Veiling Initiative: Feminist Overture or Authoritarian Imperialism?
At various points between 1925 and 1941, Iran’s authoritarian leader Reza Shah Pahlavi utilized state force in an attempt to transform Iran into a nation that was palatable to the West(Eastwood, 308-312). To achieve this he enacted a series of … Continue reading
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