Browsing DĀNESH: The OU Undergraduate Journal of Iranian Studies by Issue Date
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Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema: Unveiling the Reality of Iranian Women under the Islamic Republic Undergraduate
(2019-02)In post-revolutionary Iran, cinema became a medium for social critique of the prevailing issues in modern Iranian society. The problems of women under the Islamic Republic became a major focal point in these post-revolutionary ... -
Reworking Westoxification: Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s Original Conception of Westoxification and its Post-Revolutionary Reinvention Undergraduate
(2019-03)On October 19th, 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, posted an image on Instagram that depicts Uncle Sam standing in front of what appears to be a club-like entrance blocked off by red ... -
Fatwas and Feminism: How Iran's Religious Leadership Obstructs Feminist Reforms Undergraduate
(2019-04)In 2009, a pro-government Basiji militia member shot Neda Agha Soltan in the chest. Neda was a philosophy student who participated in protests against a possibly corrupt election, and her death was the spark that started ... -
Lingering Effects: U.S. Media and the Case for Nationalism in the Iran Hostage Crisis Undergraduate
(2019-05)In his article on legitimacy and the Iran hostage crisis, R. K. Ramazani makes the claim that the hostility at play in foreign relations between Iran and the U.S. comes as a result of the Iran hostage crisis and the events ... -
Queer Theology: Theological, Theocratic, and Secular Influences on Iran's Relationship with Transgender Bodies Undergraduate
(2019-06)On November 13, 2005, the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan published a story about the public execution of two young men named Mokhtar and Ali. The charge that brought them to the gallows of Shahid Bahonar Square, alleges ... -
Tur and Iraj: Azeri Turks and ‘Persian’ Iran Undergraduate
(2019-07)Despite the prominence of the Middle East and Islamic world in Western news media, it is a region that suffers from severe misunderstanding. Out of the countries in those regions, Iran is perhaps the most poorly understood ... -
Clericalism, Constitutionalism, and Cautiousness: Iran's 1905 Revolution Through the Eyes of Sheikh Fazollah Nuri Undergraduate
(2019-08)The summer of 1909 was a summer of retribution. The first target was Mohammad Ali Shah, the Qajar king who had forcefully opposed constitutionalism and was responsible for the bombardment of the Majlis the year prior. After ... -
The Alternating Allegiances of the Ulama: Clerical Participation in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11 Undergraduate
(2019-09)In the summer of 1906, a group of theology students and other constitutionalists gathered in Tehran for what was expected to be a peaceful protest in favor of government reforms, a continuation of the nascent Constitutional ... -
Danesh : the OU undergraduate journal of Iranian studies. Volume 4, 2019 Undergraduate
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Bending without breaking : Zoroastrianism through the centuries Undergraduate
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Marco Polo in Iran : cultural encounters in medieval history Undergraduate