On the other side of the world
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On the other side of the world
IRAN
One sixth of Canada in size, with more than twice the people
there is a land
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Cyrus the Great
Damavand (5671 m)
People with warm hearts People with warm hearts and 3000 years of historyand 3000 years of history
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A land of four-season beauty…
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waving hopefully to the sky
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Modern Tehran Parks–Iran
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An Art Gallery in Modern Tehran - Iran
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Persian, 50 %Azari 18 %Kurd 10 %Gilaki 6 %
Muslims 95%Ahle-Haq 3%Christians 1%Baha’i 0.7%Zoroastrians 0.1%Jewish 0.1%
People of this land: Iranians
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And woman of this land…
walking quietly through history,
has changed the fate for her daughter.
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Qajar dynasty (1781-1922)
First school for women
First women’s magazines
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Reform in Family Law
Voting right for women
First woman in university
Pahlavi dynasty (1922-1979)
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Islamic Republic(1979-2008)
Compulsory Hijab and dress code
Change of Family Law Based on Islamic rules
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A record in the number of women in universities (65% -2007)
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The amazing achievement of Iranian women:
Reduction of birth rate to a half in one decade
(1994-2004)
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Draws her beauty on the rugsand sings her wishes to the wind
woman of this land…
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Iranian woman…
the Sun of the family
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Writer
Lawyer, Nobel Prize winner
Women activist
In Parliament
Iranian Woman: effective
wherever she is
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She demands equality and fairness in laws
In Islamic RepublicA married woman
needs her husband’s permission to get a
passport.
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An Iranian woman can not run for presidency or be a judge
Percentage of women in parliament :4.4%
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I left my home to be able to think openly, to explore a new culture,
a new country , and a new language.
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in search for a future without war for my children.In search for…
Peace
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Peace for the
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Children of the world
Peace for the
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Thank you Canada for your gift of peace
and thank you for letting me call you“ my home”