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First Prize in the "Women's Issues" category of the 2016 International Book AwardsEric Hoffer Award - Winner of Da Vinci Eye for "Best Book Cover Design", Horizon Award for "Best Debut Author & Culture Book"Indie Book Awards - Finalist in "Historical Nonfiction" and "Women's Issues"Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year for "Women's Studies" - Silver WinnerThe popular narrative about women's lives in Iran over the last forty years goes something like this:"During the Pahlavi Monarchy, women were on an upward trajectory. In a nation on the cusp of modernity, women actively participated. They were given the right to vote and free to be in public without veils. They wore miniskirts on university campuses.



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