Women, Islam and Education in Iran

Goli M. Rezai-Rashti is Professor of Education and Women’s Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.Golnar Mehran is Professor of Education at Al-Zahra University, Iran.Shirin Abdmolaei is a Ph.D. student in Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

• Foreword Nelly P. Stromquist1. IntroductionGoli M. Rezai-Rashti2. Female Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Understanding the Paradox of Tradition and ModernityGolnar Mehran & Fariba Adli3. The Voices of Female Students in Iranian Universities: The Unintended Consequences of University EducationGoli M. Rezai-Rashti & Somayeh Fereidouni 4. Gender Representations in Iranian School Textbooks Saeed Paivandi 5. Protecting Men and the State: Gender Segregation in Iranian UniversitiesNazanin Shahrokni 6. If not for the Revolution: How Higher Education Became an"Islamic Right" for Religious Iranian Women Alex Shams7. Shi’ite Women’s Seminaries in Iran: Possibilities and Limitations Keiko Sakurai8. The Education of Iranian Women: A Historical Investigation ofEducation and Unveiling (Kashf e Hijab)Faegheh Shirazi