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Language English Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 1-57392-682-5 Originally published 1999 Page count 274 Publisher Prometheus Books OCLC 40545407 | 3.7/5 Goodreads Publication date 1999 Pages 274 Dewey Decimal 323.3/4/092 B 21 Genre Biography Country Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident is a book by Parvin Darabi, an Iranian critic of Islam. The book is about Parvin's sister, Dr. Homa Darabi, who on February 21, 1994 committed suicide by immolation in a city square in Tehran, Iran to protest the "slavelike" treatment of women in Iran. The book details Dr. Darabi's life leading up to this moment, addressing women's rights in Iran during the monarchy and after the Islamic Revolution.
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