Date: November 14 2022 Time: 10:00AM EST Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Description: In a private event with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Mahnaz Afkhami discusses the current uprising in Iran and the history of women’s human rights in the country.
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Women in Iran: Past, present, and future - A double book talk with Mahnaz Afkhami and Mona Tajali
Date: November 13 2022 Time:11:30AM PST Location: Online Description: Mahnaz Afkhami is the author of Women in Exile and editor of Faith and Freedom: Women’s Human Rights in the Muslim World. Her new memoir The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement explores her journey from English professor…
The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement
Date: November 11 2022 Time: 1:00PM EST Location: Online Description: Mahnaz Afkhami joins Dr. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi to discuss her new memoir and her experiences organizing for women’s rights in Iran and globally. Click here to view the event page and recording
Iranian Women’s Revolution
In an interview with H. Andrew Schwartz, from The Truth of the Matter podcast hosted by Center for Strategic & International Studies, Mahnaz Afkhami discusses the current protests happening in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini. Afkhami explains her views on the protests and what they may mean for Iran in the future.
Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran & Revolutions Led by Women
Date: November 7 2022 Time: 4:00PM EST Location: Georgetown University Eric E. Hotung International Law Building 550 1st St NW Washington, DC 20001 Description: Join special guest Mahnaz Afkhami for a discussion on her new book and the Mahsa Amini protests. Learn how we can support the human rights movement in Iran. Dean William Treanor…
Rosemary Barton (CBC TV) Interview with Mahnaz Afkhami
In conversation with Rosemary Barton, of CBC Television, Mahnaz Afkhami speaks about her views on the current protests taking place in Iran in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, Afkhami also shares her views on the global support for Iranian women and how it is affecting Iran and the movement itself.
YPO Live - Iran: Is It Difference This Time
Date: October 27 2022 Time: 11:00AM EST Location: Online Description: In a closed door session for the Young Presidents Organization, Mahnaz Afkhami joined a panel of Iranian leaders Paul Saulem and Afshin Molavi to discuss the history of organizing for rights and freedom in Iran.
She was Iran's women's minister before the 1979 revolution. Now she's watching protests in exile.
In this interview with CBC Television, Mahnaz Afkhami shares her views on Iran, both before and after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. This interview occurred in the aftermath of the death of Mahsa Amini and at the beginning of the responding protests that rocked the country in late 2022. Afkhami also discusses her own background…