Daughter of Persia:

A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem
Through the Islamic Republic

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian
with Dona Munker

 

Recent Speaking Engagements:
2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997


American Women for International Understanding November 13, 2004
Pasadena, CA

International Understanding
Ms. Farman Farmaian was the keynote speaker for the Annual Meeting of the AWIU: www.awiu.org.

Tuesday With Book Group November 8, 2004
Pasadena, CA

Book Club Discussion
Ms. Farman Farmaian gave a talk on the current situation in the Middle East. The Tuesday With Book Group followed up with a discussion and questions.

4th Annual Mid-Wilshire Domestic Violence Prevention Awards October 27, 2004
West Hollywood, CA

Iranian Community Award
Ms. Farman Farmaian was honored to be included among the Greater Los Angeles area advocates recognizing Domestic Violence/Partner Abuse Awareness Month. See: Recognition.

The Planned Parenthood
Network of Volunteer Advocates
September 20 - October 2, 2004
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Women Seen And Heard
Ms. Farman Farmaian was the luncheon speaker at the annual conference and Eastern Regional conference of The Planned Parenthood Network of Volunteer Advocates. Her topic was Women for Women -- An International Perspective: Listening to the International Woman's Voice.

University of Washington School of Social Work April 15, 2004
Seattle, WA

DisAbility Issues in Iran
Presentation and discussion co-sponsored by the Washington Coalition of Citizens with disAbilities and UW International Social Work Committee.

American Association of University Women March 13, 2004
Fallbrook & Bonsall, CA

Joint General Meeting
Ms. Farman Farmaian was the keynote speaker before the combined Local Chapters of the AAUW, where the program topic was diversity. She described how her experiences helped her promote the teaching diversity to the students in the School of Social Work. Monies from the joint program support the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund.

The American University February 27, 2004
Washington, D.C.

Graduate Students of Middle Eastern History
An electronic interview with the students of Dr. Carole A. O'Leary, Ph.D. Professor of Middle Eastern History at The American University in Washington, D.C.

The students posed questions based on their reading of Daughter of Persia as a requirement for their course on the politics of identity in 20th Century Iran, with an emphasis on how the two Pahlavi Shahs constructed a modern Iranian nationality based on pre-Islamic Persian and Shi'a identity/nationalism. The course compares this era to the Qajar period and to the later Islamic period, noting parallels such as the exclusion of Kurds and Qashqa'i, and the de-emphasized pan-Islamism under Khomeini.


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