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A-I: Preface. A: 1.

Abd al-Kays. 2.

Abkhazians. 3.

'Ad. 4.

Afghan. 5.

Afshar. 6.

Aimaq. 7.

Akk. 8.

Akrabi. 9.

Alan. 10.

Albanians. 11.

'Amila. 12.

'Amir. 13.

'Amir b. Sa 'Sa a.

14. 'Amiri.

15. Anatolian Turks.

16. Anaza.

17. Arabs.

18. Armenians.

19. Asad.

20. Assyrians.

21. 'Awamir.

22. Al-Aws.

23. Awshar.

24. Azd.

25. Azerbaijani Turks.

26. Azeri.

B: 1. Baha'i.

2. Baharlu.

3. Bahila.

4. Bajila.

5. Bakhtiari.

6. Balkars.

7. Baluch.

8. Banu Hajir.

9. Banu Hanzala B.

Malik. 10.

Banu Ka'b. 11.

Banu Khalid. 12.

Banu Lam. 13.

Banu Sa'd B. Bakr.

14. Banu'I-Harith B.

Ka'b. 15.

Bashjirt. 16.

Bashkir. 17.

Basseri. 18.

Batonun. 19.

Bayat. 20.

Bazukiyyun. 21.

Bedouin. 22.

Begdili. 23.

Brahui. 24.

Bukharan jews. C: 1.

Cahar Aymak. 2.

Cepni. 3.

Chaldeans. 4.

Chechen-Ingush. 5.

Circassians. 6.

Copts. 7.

Cypriots. D: 1.

Dafir. 2.

Al-Dawasir. 3.

Diyar Bakr. 4.

Druze. 5.

Dulafids (less)

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1. Cultural particularism as a bar to women’s rights: reflections on the middle eastern experience.

2. Making feminist sense of the Gulf crisis.

Iran: 3. On the origins of feminism in early 20 century Iran.

4. The feminist transformations in twentieth century Iran.

5. Feminist potential of women’s awakening.

6. Feminism, state and ideology.

7. Women participation in political struggles.

8. Politics of ‘Islamic Feminism’.

9. Gender, institutions and democracy in Iran.

10. Women and politics in post-Islamist Iran: the gender conscious drive to change.

11. Iranian women and their support for Islam.

12. Women’s religious discourse in Iran: Roseh-Zananeh.

13. Women’s status in Iranian Civil Law (1905-1995).

14. Taj Al-Saltana: liberating women.

15. A new feminist discourse on Islam in Iran.

Appendices. Bibliography.

Index. Vol.

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