actively and assertively voice egalitarian attitudes and are now striving to pursue greater gender equality within the Islamic framework. This Islamic feminism, though complex, appears to be a formidable force within Iran. The generalizations which deem Iranian women submissive, voiceless, and homogenous thus prove to require a greater and more nuanced analysis of the Islamic Republic of Iran and of the Muslim world as a whole. Bibliography Abbasi, Mohammad and Jalal; Mehryar, Amir; Jones, Gavin; McDonald, Peter, “Revolution, War Modernization: Population Policy and Fertility Change in Journal of Population Research. Iran,” Vol. 19. 1 Nov. 2002: 22-46. Print. Abrahamian, Ervand, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. A History of Modern Iran, Abu-Lughod, Lila, Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural “Do Relativism and Vol. 104, Iss. 3, Sept. 2002: 783-790, American Anthropologist, Its Others,” Print. Afary, Janet, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Sexual Politics in Modern Iran, Ahmed, Leila, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Women and Gender in Islam, Arjomand, Saïd Amir, New York: Oxford University Press, After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors, 2009.
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