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Mass demonstrations in Iran rooted in decades of 'quiet acts of resistance'

As mass demonstrations continue to erupt across Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, 19th-century journals of Iranian women reveal a 'hidden resistance' to authority. Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri studied these journals and observed how small acts of resistance can give root to massive social upheaval.

Iran , Qajar , Zanjan , India , Tehran , Calgary , Alberta , Canada , Mecca , Makkah , Saudi-arabia , Jeddah

MESP International Conference

Who is Afraid of Democracy?
New Wave of Transformations
in the Middle East and North Africa
March 25-26, 2022

At the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI
Free and Open to the Public

United-states , Cornell-university , New-york , California , Berkeley , City-university-of-new-york-hunter-college , Salamanca , Castillay-leóp , Spain , Egypt , Netherlands , Colgate-university

The Other Regional Counter-Revolution: Iran's Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East

The Other Regional Counter-Revolution: Iran’s Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East
Iraqi security forces firing tear gas and live rounds into a crowd of demonstrators during the 2019 Tishreen (October) uprising
The last decade has seen historic political upheavals across the Middle East and North Africa: a tsunami of popular uprisings that have brought down several dictators and led to momentous transformations in political consciousness, if not always to democratic outcomes. But the last decade has also seen a concomitant counter-revolutionary roll-back across the region: authoritarian regimes, entrenched elites, ruling classes, deep states, and reactionary forces have marshalled considerable resources to torpedo these movements from below.[1]

Lebanon , Beirut , Beyrouth , Iraq , Saudi-arabia , United-states , Tehran , Iran , Daraja , Sistan-va-baluchestan , Hong-kong , United-kingdom