I am really interested in researching about women and journalism under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Two years and a half ago, I read An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah by Farah Pahlavi which not only discussed about her personal life with the Shah, but the drastic shift from the monarchy of the Shah to the Islamic Republic also known as the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Since then, I have been fascinated and read articles and books about the change in the political and social infrastructure of Iran after the revolution. However, an area I have not delved into as much is women in Iran. Women in Iran is such a vast topic to cover; therefore, I thought journalism and women in Iran would be interesting to research. Especially, after attending last September Roxana Saberi's talk about the tension with Iranian women running journalism agencies or having the ability to freely express in Iran, I have become even more intrigued to learn more about Iranian women journalists before and after the Iranian Revolution (specifically after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005).
2) Sources that Sparked My Interest:
Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran by Roxana Saberi
Women, Religion, and Culture in Iran edited by Sarah Ansari and Vanessa Martin
http://books.google.com/booksid=uuwcfCe284EC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=Women+in+journalism+in+Iran&source=bl&ots=sP13tl7LFz&sig=xNT3mlfaMozuGy3qffm9jkEZunE&hl=en&ei=ztzpTPbLHs3VngfjwbzCDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Women%20in%20journalism%20in%20Iran&f=false
3) Currently, I have no questions that come to mind.
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