Women - Resources, Issues, and Web Sites

• Akram Monfared Arya - The First Woman Pilot of Iran
• Avaye Zan - A Quarterly Persian Language Journal For Iranian Women, Published in Sweden.
  

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• Bad Jens - Iranian Feminist Newsletter
• Esther Ministries - Omid-e banovan (Hope of Women)
  

  Esther Ministries serve Persian women and their families in California and other states and abroad. Individual assistance is given in the California area and resource links to other individuals and organizations are available for specific needs such as help with job search, housing search, roommates, and other help. We have a magazine that can be sent to interested individuals or groups that is called Hope of Women.

• IranDokht - Daughters of Iran
  

  IranDokht is an independent media company focused on Iranian women negotiating ethnicity and gender within the global community. It is an ethical and non-partisan business. It is born at a time of global crisis and justifies its necessity within this context. Its emphasis on ethnicity rather than an emotional nostalgia of the past is a forward and progressive thought to define and locate ethnicity within future global community.

• Iranian Feminists - Iranian Women on Internet
• Iranian Women: A Century of Struggle for Equity - Many articles concerning the struggle of Iranian Women.
• Iranian Women in the Past Olympics - The history of Iranian women in the Olympics with pics.
• Iranian Women & Art - An article about Iranian women and their contributions to the art world, with many pics.
• The Iranian Women's Studies Foundation - Information on the upcoming international conference.
• Iranian Zoroastrian Women's Organization - Organization created to serve Zoroastrian women, enhance their cultural status, and help them in all aspects of their family and social affairs.
• Lily Afshar - Guitarist and Head of Guitar Program at the University of Memphis

  Guitarist Lily Afshar, hailed by the Washington Post as "remarkable, impeccable," is the winner of the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist. Chosen as "Artistic Ambassador" for the United States Information Agency to Africa, she is the winner of the Tenth, Eleventh, and the Twelfth Annual "Premier Guitarist"awards respectively, awarded by the Memphis Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.

• Love a Muslim - A forum and support group for non-Muslim women (mostly Christian) dating or married to Muslim men.
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• Persian Divas
• Persian Aroosy - Persian Wedding - Persian (Iranian) Wedding Tradition & Customs, Sofreh Aghd

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• Persian Christian Wedding
• Persian Wedding Cards by Najimieh Batmanglij
• Persian Mirror - The Modern Magazine for Persian Weddings, Culture & Community
  
• Shohar Khaleh - Foreign Husbands of Iranian Women
  Dedicated to men married to Iranian women, this site contains discussion boards, articles on many different issues, and much more.
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• Women In Iran - Women's Right is Human Rights
• Women's Governmental Organizations in The Islamic Republic of Iran - A look into the Women's organizations of the government of Iran.
• Women in Fundamentalism
• Women's Solidarity Association of Iran - An in-depth look into the beliefs and actions of the Women's Solidarity Association.
• Women of Iran during the Pahlavi Era - Article about the advancement of women's rights during the Pahlavi era.
• Women of the Islamic Repulic of Iran - Many articles about women in Iran today, from art to goverment organizations.
• ZANAMU- Foreign (non-native Iranian) Wives of Iranian Men
• ZAN - An excellent site created for Iranian women. Includes news, upcoming events, chat rooms, and much more.
• ZAN Chat Room - Chat room for Iranian women.

Women Beauty & Health Sites

• Kayla Beverly Hill Club - Try online Virtual Makeup test. Find out your make up color combinations