The only known diary to have been smuggled out of Iran by a released hostage is presented.
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The only known diary to have been smuggled out of Iran by a released hostage is presented.
O God, o heaven, o nature -- Mediatory theology and its discontents -- God with us -- The law : God's and man's -- Falsadeh in the Madraseh -- Sufism returns, and with a vengeance -- Varieties of skeptical expression -- Appendix A : names and dates In God and Man in Tehran, Hos…
In God and Man in Tehran, Hossein Kamaly explores the historical processes that have made and unmade contending visions of God in Iran's capital throughout the past two hundred years. Kamaly examines how ideas of God have been mobilized, contested, and transformed, emphasizing h…
It is the most controversial mystery of the Reagan-Bush era: Did the Republican Party, desperate in 1980 to reclaim the White House, interfere with President Carter's frantic efforts to free the 52 American hostages held in Tehran and thwart an "October Surprise"? Was there a Re…
This book is the first ethnographic study of contemporary Zoroastrians in Tehran. Examining hundreds of ritual performances, Navid Fozi shows how Zoroastrians define their identity and values in an area long marked by conflict between the Shi'a and Sunnis. He focuses on two main…
Describes the efforts of negotiators to gain the release of the Americans held in the embassy in Iran.
"In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines how young Tehranis struggle for identity in the battle over the right to self-expression. Khosravi looks closely at the strictures confronting Iranian youth and the ways transnational…
Sehnsucht Persien: Austausch und Rezeption in der Kunst Persiens und…
by Matthee, Rudolph P., Scarce, Jennifer, Chagnon, Michael, Ala'i, Cyrus, Wintsch, Susann, Swann, Claudia, Banas, Paulina, Schwarz, Gary, Borkopp-Restle, Birgitt, Museum Rietberg, Ausstellung Sehnsucht Persien: Austausch und Rezeption in der Kunst Persiens und Europas im 17. Jahrhundert & Gegenwartskunst aus Teheran, Zürich
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