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Zahra Rahnavard | |
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| Born | Zohreh Kazemi 19 August 1945 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Islamic Azad University |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Title | Former Chancellor of Alzahra University |
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| Movement | Islamic feminism[1] |
| Spouse | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Children | 3 |
Zahra Rahnavard (Persian: زهرا رهنورد; born Zohreh Kazemi; 19 August 1945) is an Iranian academic, artist and politician.[2] Rahnavard is a university professor, artist, and intellectual who was under house arrest from February 2011 to May 2018. In 2009, Foreign Policy magazine named her one of the world's most distinguished thinkers.[3] She is the wife of former Iran Prime Minister Mir Hussein Musavi. In part of her work, she has underlined the need for men to respect the laws of the hijab in the same way as women, as well as a general activist for women's rights in the Middle East.[4]
- ^ Ziba Mir-Hosseini, "FEMINIST MOVEMENTS iv. IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC", Encyclopædia Iranica, IX/5, pp. 498-503, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/feminist-movements-iv (Retrieved 30 December 2012).
- ^ "Zahra Rahnavard - O Magazine 2010 Power List". Oprah. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "Zahra Rahnavard: The Story of a Career". Tavaana. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Rahnavard, Zahra | Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers - Credo Reference". search.credoreference.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.