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| name = Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh |
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| birth_date = 1958 |
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| birth_place = [[Khorramshahr]], [[Khuzestan Province]], [[Pahlavi Iran|Imperial State of Iran]] |
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| occupation = Activist, Researcher and |
| occupation = Activist, Researcher and Filmmaker |
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| ⚫ | '''Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh''' ({{langx|fa|محبوبه عباسقلیزاده}}) is an Iranian [[women's rights]] activist, researcher, journalist and [[film-maker]].<ref name=BEMMENA>Elaheh Rostami Povey, 'Abbasgholizadeh, Mahboubeh ', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140921201057/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2830800015.html Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa]'', Gale Group, 2008. Accessed 26 June 2012. via HighBeam</ref> She is a director of Zanan Broadcasting Network (www.zanantv.org), and an active member of the [[Women's rights in Iran#"Stop Stoning Forever" campaign|Stop Stoning Forever]] campaign and the Iranian Women's Charter movement. She has headed the Association of Women Writers and Journalists and was editor-in-chief of the women's studies journal ''Farzeneh''. Since 2004, when her Non-Governmental Organisation Training Centre (NGOTC) was shut down, she has been arrested several times. In 2010, after she had left Iran for Europe, Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced her to two and a half years in jail and 30 lashes for "acts against national security". |
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== Early life == |
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| ⚫ | '''Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh''' is an |
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| ⚫ | Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was born in [[Khoramshahr]] in southern Iran. She holds a BA in theology from [[Tehran University]], a BA in Islamic Sciences from [[Islamic Azad University]] in Tehran and an MSc in Communication Sciences from [[Allameh Tabatabaee University]] in Tehran. She studied Arabic literature at [[Ain Shams University]] in [[Cairo]].<ref name=BEMMENA/> A participant in Iran's [[Islamic Revolution]], she became interested in [[feminist]] readings of the [[Quran]].<ref name="Childress2011"/> Participating in a Quran reading group with [[Monir Gurji]] and [[Monir Amadi]], she founded the [[Institute of Women's Studies and Research]] (IWSR) with them in 1986. She became editor of the institute's journal ''Farzaneh'' [Wise Woman] in 1993, continuing to edit it after she left the IWSR in 2003. In her editorial for ''Farzaneh''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> first issue, she argued the need for women's studies as a science which can aid women to live a good Islamic life.<ref name="Bucar2011">{{cite book|author=Elizabeth M. Bucar|title=Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQVxVEldP0sC&pg=PA94|accessdate=26 June 2012|year=2011|publisher=Georgetown University Press|isbn=978-1-58901-739-9|pages=94–}}</ref> In 1997, faced with repression of women's publications by the Iranian judiciary, she founded the [[Association of Women Writers and Journalists]]. She has been active in the Women's Access to Public Stadiums campaign, the [[Women's rights in Iran#"Stop Stoning Forever" campaign|Stop Stoning Forever]] campaign, and the [[Iranian Women's Charter]].<ref name="Childress2011">{{cite book|author=Diana Childress|title=Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand: The Women's Rights Movement in Iran, 2005|url=https://archive.org/details/equalrightsisour0000chil|url-access=registration|accessdate=26 June 2012|year=2011|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=978-0-7613-5770-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/equalrightsisour0000chil/page/141 141]}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
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| ⚫ | Security forces first arrested her on 1 November 2004, holding her for a month as a result of a speech she had delivered in [[Bangkok]]. Her personal effects were summarily seized and the Non-Governmental Organisation Training Centre (NGOTC), where she was Director, was shut down. She was arrested again on 4 March 2007, prior to [[International Women's Day]], during a peaceful demonstration in front of Tehran's Revolutionary Court in solidarity with five women activists on trial for an earlier demonstration. This time she was held for over a month in [[Evin Prison]].<ref name="Bucar2011"/> On 21 December 2009 she was arrested a third time, alongside others trying to attend the funeral of Grand Ayatollah [[Hosseinali Montazeri]], a senior cleric who had criticised the Iranian government's crackdown on demonstrators in the aftermath of the contested [[Iranian presidential election, 2009|June 2009 presidential elections]].<ref name="WUML">[http://www.wluml.org/node/6306 Iran: Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh sentenced to 2 ½ years in jail and 30 lashes for ‘acts against national security']</ref> Released after 24 hours - on condition that she remove films she had made from the website of her collective - she left Iran for Europe.<ref name="Childress2011"/> In May 2010 she was sentenced ''in absentia'' to 30 months in jail and 30 lashes for "acts against national security through conspiracy and collusion intended to disrupt public security, disturbing public order and defiance against government officers."<ref name="WUML"/> |
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| ⚫ | Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was born in [[Khoramshahr]] in southern Iran. She holds a BA in |
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| ⚫ | Security forces first arrested her on 1 November 2004, holding her for a month as a result of a speech she had delivered in [[Bangkok]]. Her personal effects were summarily seized and the Non-Governmental Organisation Training Centre (NGOTC), where she was Director, was shut down. She was arrested again on 4 March 2007, prior to [[International Women's Day]], during a |
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Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was awarded the 2010 [[Johann Philipp Palm Prize]] for freedom of expression and the press.<ref>[http://www.wluml.org/node/6621 Iran: German press freedom award for Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh]</ref> She is teaching a Women's Social Movements in Muslim Contexts in [[UConn]]. |
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was awarded the 2010 [[Johann Philipp Palm Prize]] for freedom of expression and the press.<ref>[http://www.wluml.org/node/6621 Iran: German press freedom award for Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh]</ref> She is teaching a Women's Social Movements in Muslim Contexts in [[UConn]]. |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*{{cite book|last1=Lichter|first1=Ida|chapter=Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Fereshteh Ghazi|title=Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices against Oppression|date=2009|publisher=Prometheus Books|location=Amherst, N.Y.|pages=142 |
*{{cite book|last1=Lichter|first1=Ida|chapter=Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Fereshteh Ghazi|title=Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices against Oppression|date=2009|publisher=Prometheus Books|location=Amherst, N.Y.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/muslimwomenrefor0000lich/page/142 142–144]|isbn=9781591027164|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/muslimwomenrefor0000lich/page/142}} |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 08:06, 10 November 2024
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh | |
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Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh (Persian: محبوبه عباسقلیزاده) is an Iranian women's rights activist, researcher, journalist and film-maker.[1] She is a director of Zanan Broadcasting Network (www.zanantv.org), and an active member of the Stop Stoning Forever campaign and the Iranian Women's Charter movement. She has headed the Association of Women Writers and Journalists and was editor-in-chief of the women's studies journal Farzeneh. Since 2004, when her Non-Governmental Organisation Training Centre (NGOTC) was shut down, she has been arrested several times. In 2010, after she had left Iran for Europe, Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced her to two and a half years in jail and 30 lashes for "acts against national security".
Early life
[edit]Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was born in Khoramshahr in southern Iran. She holds a BA in theology from Tehran University, a BA in Islamic Sciences from Islamic Azad University in Tehran and an MSc in Communication Sciences from Allameh Tabatabaee University in Tehran. She studied Arabic literature at Ain Shams University in Cairo.[1] A participant in Iran's Islamic Revolution, she became interested in feminist readings of the Quran.[2] Participating in a Quran reading group with Monir Gurji and Monir Amadi, she founded the Institute of Women's Studies and Research (IWSR) with them in 1986. She became editor of the institute's journal Farzaneh [Wise Woman] in 1993, continuing to edit it after she left the IWSR in 2003. In her editorial for Farzaneh's first issue, she argued the need for women's studies as a science which can aid women to live a good Islamic life.[3] In 1997, faced with repression of women's publications by the Iranian judiciary, she founded the Association of Women Writers and Journalists. She has been active in the Women's Access to Public Stadiums campaign, the Stop Stoning Forever campaign, and the Iranian Women's Charter.[2]
Security forces first arrested her on 1 November 2004, holding her for a month as a result of a speech she had delivered in Bangkok. Her personal effects were summarily seized and the Non-Governmental Organisation Training Centre (NGOTC), where she was Director, was shut down. She was arrested again on 4 March 2007, prior to International Women's Day, during a peaceful demonstration in front of Tehran's Revolutionary Court in solidarity with five women activists on trial for an earlier demonstration. This time she was held for over a month in Evin Prison.[3] On 21 December 2009 she was arrested a third time, alongside others trying to attend the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri, a senior cleric who had criticised the Iranian government's crackdown on demonstrators in the aftermath of the contested June 2009 presidential elections.[4] Released after 24 hours - on condition that she remove films she had made from the website of her collective - she left Iran for Europe.[2] In May 2010 she was sentenced in absentia to 30 months in jail and 30 lashes for "acts against national security through conspiracy and collusion intended to disrupt public security, disturbing public order and defiance against government officers."[4]
Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was awarded the 2010 Johann Philipp Palm Prize for freedom of expression and the press.[5] She is teaching a Women's Social Movements in Muslim Contexts in UConn.
Works
[edit]Writing
[edit]- "Chirā Farzānah?" [Why Farzaneh?], ''Farzaneh 1 (Fall 1993)
- "The Experience of Islamic Feminism in Iran," Farzaneh 15, no. 10 (Winter 2000): 7-14
Films
[edit]- Women Behind Bars.[6]
Further reading
[edit]- Lichter, Ida (2009). "Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Fereshteh Ghazi". Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices against Oppression. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. pp. 142–144. ISBN 9781591027164.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Elaheh Rostami Povey, 'Abbasgholizadeh, Mahboubeh ', Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, Gale Group, 2008. Accessed 26 June 2012. via HighBeam
- ^ a b c Diana Childress (2011). Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand: The Women's Rights Movement in Iran, 2005. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-7613-5770-4. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b Elizabeth M. Bucar (2011). Creative Conformity: The Feminist Politics of U.S. Catholic and Iranian Shi'i Women. Georgetown University Press. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-1-58901-739-9. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b Iran: Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh sentenced to 2 ½ years in jail and 30 lashes for ‘acts against national security'
- ^ Iran: German press freedom award for Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh
- ^ "Women Behind Bars" - Moving Documentary Film by Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh (Iranian political prisoner)