Arab Women by Nationality - Iranian

 
Faezeh HASHEMI BAHREMANI (RAFSANJANI)

Iranian

1963-

Politician and Sportswoman

  • educated Al-Zahra University and Islamic Azad University (Tehran)
  • Member of Majlis e-Shura e Islami 1996-
  • member of Central Council of the Communications Network of Women's NGOs
  • Vice-President of National Olympic Committee 1990-
  • Founder and President of Islamic Countries Women Sports Solidarity Council 1991- which organized the Islamic Countries' Women Sports Solidarity Games in 1993 and 1997
  • published The First Meeting 1991
  • managing director of Zanan (a women's journal)

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p. 236. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)

Iran." International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. Ed. Karen Christensen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Pfister. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 587-588. Print. 3 vols. (DWC collection REF GV709.I58 2000)

Farah Diba PAHLAVI

Iranian

1938

Ruler's wife

  • educated Jeanne d'Arc school, Razi school (Teheran) and Ecole Speciale d'Architecture (Paris)
  • Married Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1959
  • left Iran 1979 after revolution
  • former patron of Farah Pahlavi Association and Iran Cultural Foundation

http://www.farahpahlavi.org/

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.651. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)

Googoosh

(real name Fa'egeh Atashin)

Iranian

b. 1950

Singer and actor

  • began singing to earn a living in Tehran when only 5 years old
  • first film role in 1958 in Bim va omid/Fear and Hope
  • first successful role in the film Fereshteye Farari/Runaway Angel (1960) when she was 10
  • her musical talents and ability to remain at the cutting edge of fashion supported her film career
  • her popular films include Bita, Mah-e Asal/Honeymoon, Hamsafar, Mamal Amrikaie/Mamal the American, 3 Divaneh/3 Lunatics and the risque Dar Emtedad-e Shab/Through the night
  • not allowed to perform on stage in Iran after the Revolution or to tour abroad and sing in public until 2000

Leaman, Oliver, ed. Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. London: Routledge, 2001. Print. p.214. (DWC collection PN1993.5.A65 C66 2001)

Iran Kalbassi

Iranian

1939-

Professor

  • educated at Universities of Teheran and Shiraz
  • school teacher 1958-74
  • Associate Professor and researcher 1976-96
  • published 6 books and 30 articles

International Who’s Who of Women. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2002. Print. p.284 (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)

Mahin Khatami

Iranian

1943-

Scientist - Molecular Biologist

  • educated Teheran University, State University of New York and University of Pennsylvania
  • Research Specialist and instructor 1974-
  • Consultant to Univeristy of Tabriz and Teheran
  • Research Service Award, National Institute of Health (USA)1982-5

International Who’s Who of Women. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2002. Print. p.295. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2002)

Maryam Rajavi

Iranian

1953

Politician

  • educated at Sharif University of Technology (Teheran)
  • Leader of the anti-Shah movement
  • Parlimentary candidate for Teheran in first post-revolution elections
  • organized demonstrations against the Khomeini Gov't 1980-1
  • Joint leader of the Mojahedin 1985 and Secretary-General of that organization 1989-93
  • Deputy Commander in Chief of the National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA) 1987-93 and launched program for introduction of women in front line combat and combat pilots in 1987
  • transformed NLA from infantry to armoured force 1989-93
  • went into exile in France 1993
  • President elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran - a parliament in exile 1993-
  • proposed platform for international women's alliance against fundamentalism 1993
  • international campaigner for women's rights 1993-
  • voted one of The Times (UK)100 Most Powerful Women 1996

http://www.maryam-rajavi.org/

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.1798. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)

Marzieh

Iranian

1924-

Singer

  • educated College of Esmatieh (Teheran) and National Music Association of Iran
  • singer of traditional and classical Iranian music
  • performs in concerts in Iran before 1979 revolution
  • refused to sing in Iran after 1979
  • came to Europe 1994
  • distinguished for her innovation in and influence on Persian music
  • awarded US Congressional Record 1995

http://www.iran-e-azad.org/mz/mzprofile.html

International Who’s Who of Women. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2002. Print. p.366. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2002)

Massoumeh Ebtekar

Iranian

1961

Politician

  • Educated at Martyr Beheshti University and Tarbiat Modarres, PhD. Immunology 1995
  • spokesperson for students who occupied the American Embassy in Tehran
  • University Professor
  • Newspaper editor
  • Acting head of NGO Bureau of Women's Affairs
  • first female Vice President of Iran's Environmental Protection Agency 1997-

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.602. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)

Rakhshan Banietemad

Iranian

b. 1954

Film maker

  • educated at Tehran University's Dramatic Arts College
  • 1979-1986 mades several short films and worked as a planning manager and assistant director on a number of feature films
  • her feature films include Kharj az mahdudeh/Off-Limits (1987), Zarde-eQanari/Canary Yellow (1989), Bany-ye Ordibhesht/ The May Lady (1997).

http://www.irangasht.co.uk/cin-banietemad.htm

Samira Makhmalbaf

Iranian

1980 -

Film director /actor

  • first appeared on film in The Cyclist in 1987
  • studied film at the Makhmalbaf Film House and began directing films and videos
  • films include The Apple 1998, and
  • Takhte Siah (Blackboard) 2000 which was the winner of a Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival

http://www.makhmalbaf.com/persons.php?p=4

Samira Makhmalbaf Wikipedia. Retrieved September 2, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samira_Makhmalbaf

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.548 (DWC collection REF CT 3202.I58 2008)
Shahla Kazemipour

Iranian

1946-

Researcher

  • educated at University of Tehran
  • Demographics researcher and lecturer
  • contributes to Insitute for Social Studies and Research

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.440 (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)
Shirin Ebadi

Iranian

b. 1947

Lawyer / Human Rights Activist / educator

  • first Muslim woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
  • graduated with law degree from University of Tehran
  • 1975-79 President of the city court of Tehran
  • activist for refugee rights, and rights of women and children.
  • founder and leader of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran.
  • author of The Rights of the Child. A Study of Legal Aspects of Children's Rights in Iran (Tehran, 1994), published with support from UNICEF, and History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran (New York, 2000)
  • awarded Nobel Peace Prize in October 2003 for her work on promoting peace and for supporting the right to free speech and political freedoms to all

Shirin Ebadi. n.d. Wikipedia.Retrieved September 2, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_Ebadi

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3181992.stm
Zahra (Shahnaz) Kamalkani

Iranian

1954-

Anthropologist

  • educated at Universities of Tehran and Bergan (Norway), and SOAS (London)
  • Assistant Lecturer Inst of Middle East Language and Culture, University of Bergan 1986-7
  • Dept of Social Anthropology 1992-5
  • Publications Women's Everyday Religious Discourse in Iran (1993), Women's Islam: Religious practice among women in today's Iran (1996)

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.433. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)