Homa Darabi, a well-known doctor of medicine and psychiatry, a university professor, and a political activist.
As she stood in flames she screamed, "Death to tyranny! Long live freedom! Long live Iran!" That woman was Dr. On February 21, 1994, in the middle of a public square in the Iranian capital of Tehran, a woman took off her veil, doused herself with gasoline, then ignited herself on fire. Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident by Parvin Darabi and Romin P, Thomson (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1999) 274 pp. APA style: Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident.Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident." Retrieved from 2000 American Humanist Association 06 May. MLA style: "Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident." The Free Library.Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. She taught at the University of Tehran, worked at its hospital, and managed her own private practice." Keywords: Women's Rights. She established the first clinic in Iran dedicated to treating children suffering from mental disorders that, until then, were thought to be incurable. She was the first Iranian ever to be accepted to the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She was licensed to practice medicine in Iran and in forty-nine states in the United States. She was married and had brought two successful, ambitious daughters into the world. Homa Darabi had been one of the most prominent child psychiatrists in Iran. First printing with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. True account of an Iranian women's rights activist who burned herself to death in protest of the plight of women under Islam. Bound in the original black boards, with bright gold lettering on the spine. The Dust Jacket is lightly rubbed with a half-inch closed tear. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1999. Egan, Emily (jacket design) (illustrator). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket.
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