Book Introduction
Book Introduction: Women’s Lived Experience in False Professions/ Sharif Hassanzadeh
When talking about women’s work and employment, inequality against women and any topic related to gender becomes a dominant perspective, and a cliché view of how much we should talk about women and how much their situation has improved today is taken into account. Today, perhaps in comparison to a hundred years ago, the situation […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: “Rectangular Gender: A Study on Female Football Fans” by Sharif Hassan-Zadeh.
One of the realities that exists in the world of sports is that it is often assumed that football is a male-dominated territory and that a football fan is a man who passionately supports a team. This fandom is often inherited from their fathers. However, there are also women who are football fans, but even […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: “Zanane Zar Khareed” (Women of the Golden Horde) Examining the Status of Concubines in Iran; From Taheriyans to Mongols/ Sharif Hassan Zadeh
Throughout the history of Iran, from ancient times to the early 14th century AH, slaves (slaves, concubines, and eunuchs) were considered as part of Iranian society and were used in various social, economic, political, and military fields. From the end of the first century AH onwards, with the expansion of Muslim conquests in regions such […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: Will Climate Change Catch Countries Off Guard? / Morteza Hamounian
Today, the world is in the process of transitioning from the dominance of fossil fuels to alternative energies; energies that can preserve nature and not pollute it. The back cover of the book also states that “the book not only introduces each type of renewable energy – hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean energy – […]...
Read MoreIntroduction to the book “Knot” with a look at early marriage in Iran.
Early marriage is seen in all parts of the world and is by no means a new phenomenon. What is new about this issue is the revelation of its various dimensions and its impact on human society. The answer to the question of why, after centuries of children experiencing marriage, today in the 21st century, […]...
Read MoreIntroduction to the book: The History of Slavery and Freedom of Slaves in Iran.
Professor Behnaz Mirzaei, a professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada, is one of the few researchers who has worked on slavery in late Iran and has left valuable works in this field. Her research focuses on African-Iranians and she has written the book “The History of Slavery and the Freedom of Slaves […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: Democracy Against Injustice
The book “Democracy Against Injustice”, written by Freyburz Raeesdana, a writer and economist who recently passed away in Tehran due to illness, is a book that examines the concept of democracy from ancient times to the present. This book, published by Elm Publications in Iran, consists of 264 pages. “Democracy Against Injustice” includes nine articles […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: Sustainable Development in Suburbs
The book “Sustainable Development in Peri-Urban Areas” is one of the books that has been written to understand the process of development, its sustainability and instability, as well as to comprehend the related issues and challenges. This book is divided into three main chapters: development, sustainable urban development, and sustainable development in peri-urban areas, and […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: Waste Management and Resource Recycling
The fact that the advancement of technology and its continuous development in all areas has greatly affected the environment, and the mass production after the industrial revolution has not only affected other living beings, but also our own lives, has made the conscience of every human being who values a healthy life to be aware […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: Sustainable Housing (Principles and Implementation)
Many social scientists have referred to the modern era as the age of human loneliness. A time when humans, who have always valued stability and resilience in the face of change, are now faced with unprecedented technological advancements and fundamental shifts in beliefs and values. This has resulted in an unprecedented level of instability in […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: Pure Reason and Human Rights
The book “Pure Reason and Human Rights” written by Amin Ghazaei has been published by the Human Rights Activists Association in Iran. This book examines and presents a theory on the fundamental concepts of human rights. “On what grounds should a government grant its citizens freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly?” This is […]...
Read MoreBook Introduction: “Sibilo Women and Beardless Men”
Women’s concern about their husbands preferring men, especially when they sought distance from them during intercourse, was a clear indication of the traditional prioritization of men over women for adult men. As written by Afsoon Najmabadi in her book “Women Without Veils and Men Without Beards: Gender Anxieties in Modern Iranian Society”, husbands of men […]...
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