Many young women in Iran experience sexual disturbance and molestation in urban public spaces. Still, they usually do not refer to the police to report the abuse or ask for help willingly, even in critical cases like acute sexual attacks. This research was conducted among 47 young women sexually victimized in Tehran. Semi-structured interviews were […]
The right to the city is a concept introduced by Henry Lefebvre in the 1960s and further developed by David Harvey. It refers to the freedom to construct and reconstruct the city and us all together; it consists of the right to entirely appropriate spaces and participate in all processes therein. Appropriation is referred to […]
The difference between death and Martyrdom in Iranian-Islamic culture is an irrefutable fact. Death is considered to be an inevitable fact, while martyrdom is considered to be a passage to the highest stages of human accomplishment. Devotion and self-sacrifice are critical concepts for understanding the discourse of martyrdom in Iranian culture. Although the concept of […]