Haleh Afshar Baroness Afshar Politician

Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar OBE FAcSS (born 21 May 1944) is a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim. Her background is in equal opportunities in Britain, and before that, land reform and development in Iran, where she grew up, and journalism in both countries.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 21, 1944
Birth place
Iran , Tehran
Nationality
British nationality law
Religion
Shia Islam
Education
Murray Edwards College Cambridge
University of York

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  1. http://books.google.com.br/books?hl=pt-BR&lr=&id=pR1iZLoZ-SoC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=Women,+Globalization+and+Fragmentation+in+the+Developing+World&ots=Yr8hx_yiqb&sig=u7hPZaEaxH7F_wXib57jGHnDQYk#v=onepage&q=&f=false''Women,
  2. http://books.google.com.br/books?id=_pc9AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Women,+Work+and+Ideology+in+the+Third+World&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false''Women,
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  4. http://books.google.com.br/books?id=tfGXBm-_mFkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+dynamics+of+%22race%22+and+gender:+some+feminist+interventions&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20081228.shtml
  6. http://www.forcedmigration.org/podcasts/kaberry-lecture/2009
  7. http://www.naseeb.com/naseebvibes/interview-detail.php?aid=4195
  8. http://www.nouse.co.uk/2007/10/24/haleh-afshar-takes-house-of-lords-peerage
  9. http://www.persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=1811&getArticleCategory=41&getArticleSubCategory=117