ISBN:
0813915422
,
0813915430
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 210 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Feminist issues
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Mensenrechten
;
Politieke vluchtelingen
;
Vrouwen
;
Frau
;
Menschenrecht
;
Exiles Biography
;
Women political activists Biography
;
Weiblicher Flüchtling
;
Exil
;
Lebenslauf
;
Frau
;
USA
;
USA
;
Biografie
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
Biografie
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
Biografie
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
Autobiografie
;
USA
;
Weiblicher Flüchtling
;
USA
;
Exil
;
Frau
;
Lebenslauf
Abstract:
If, as has been said, exiles, refugees, and emigrants are the defining figures for the twentieth century, the thirteen women of Women in Exile give unforgettable life to the metaphor. Their stories offer a rare and special opportunity to witness the harrowing experience of flight and dislocation and to marvel at the resilience of the human spirit
Abstract:
"I am an exile," writes Mahnaz Afkhami. "I have been in exile for fifteen years. I have been forced to stay out of my own country, Iran, because of my work for women's rights. I recognized no limits, ends, or framework in this work outside those set by women themselves in their capacity as independent human beings. The charges against me are 'corruption on earth' and 'warring with God.' Being charged in the Islamic Republic of Iran is being convicted
Abstract:
There is no defense or appeal, although I would not have known how to defend myself against such a grand accusation as warring with God anyway. There has not been a trial, not even in absentia, and no formal conviction. Nevertheless, my home in Tehran has been ransacked and confiscated, my books, pictures, and mementos taken, my passport invalidated, and my life threatened repeatedly.
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