Rage Against the Veil
| Author | Parvin Darabi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | Iran |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 274 |
| ISBN | 1-57392-682-5 |
| OCLC | 40545407 |
| Dewey Decimal | 323.3/4/092 B 21 |
| LC Class | HQ1735.2.Z75 D37 1999 |
Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident is a book by Parvin Darabi, an Iranian critic of Islam.
The book is about Parvin's sister, Homa Darabi, who on February 21, 1994 committed suicide by immolation in Tajrish Square in Tehran to protest the "slavelike" treatment of women in Iran.[1][2] The book details Darabi's life leading up to her death, addressing women's rights in Iran during the monarchy and after the Islamic Revolution.[3]
See also
- Human rights in Islamic Republic of Iran
- Women in Muslim societies
- Statue of a Liberated Woman
References
- Back to citation "Iranian woman in suicide protest". The Independent. 1994-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- Back to citation میرزایی, شهاب (2019-02-23). "اعتراض به حجاب اجباری؛ خودسوزی هما دارابی، 'تصویری که آدم را رها نمیکند'". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- Back to citation "Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident." The Free Library. 2000 American Humanist Association Retrieved 18 Aug. 2016
Further reading
- Darabi, Parvin; Thomson, Romin P (1999). Rage against the veil: the courageous life and death of an Islamic dissident. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781573926829.