1st Edition
Women, Islam and Education in Iran
Foreword
Nelly P. Stromquist
1. Introduction
Goli M. Rezai-Rashti
2. Female Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran:
Understanding the Paradox of Tradition and Modernity
Golnar Mehran & Fariba Adli
3. The Voices of Female Students in Iranian Universities:
The Unintended Consequences of University Education
Goli M. Rezai-Rashti & Somayeh Fereidouni
4. Gender Representations in Iranian School Textbooks
Saeed Paivandi
5. Protecting Men and the State:
Gender Segregation in Iranian Universities
Nazanin Shahrokni
6. If not for the Revolution: How Higher Education Became an
"Islamic Right" for Religious Iranian Women
Alex Shams
7. Shi’ite Women’s Seminaries in Iran: Possibilities and Limitations
Keiko Sakurai
8. The Education of Iranian Women: A Historical Investigation of
Education and Unveiling (Kashf e Hijab)
Faegheh Shirazi
Biography
Goli M. Rezai-Rashti is Professor of Education and Women’s Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Golnar Mehran is Professor of Education at Al-Zahra University, Iran.
Shirin Abdmolaei is a Ph.D. student in Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada
