Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Persian: زیبا میرحسینی; born 3 April 1952) is an Iranian-born legal anthropologist, specialising in Islamic law, gender and development.[1][2] She received her PhD in anthropology from Cambridge University[3] and is the author of several books on Islam, gender, and the family.[4][5][6]

She has also directed two documentary films, Runaway and Divorce Iranian Style.[7]

  1. ^ Shen, Ted (1 January 1999). "ZIBA MIR-HOSSEINI". Chicago Tribune. p. 3. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ^ Tavernise, Sabrina (15 February 2009). "Islamic women seek recognition of their rights". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. ^ Naficy, Hamid (6 November 2012). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010. Duke University Press. pp. 151–. ISBN 9780822348788. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. ^ Afshar, Haleh (7 March 1996). Women and Politics in the Third World. Routledge. pp. 144–. ISBN 9780203992401. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  5. ^ Women in the Middle East: past and present. Princeton University Press. 2007. pp. 260–. ISBN 9780691128634.
  6. ^ Safizadeh, Fereydoun (4 December 2001). "Book: Islam and gender". The Iranian. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  7. ^ Nadjmabadi, Shahnaz R. (25 June 2012). Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology: Past and Present Perspectives. Berghahn Books. pp. 189–. ISBN 9780857456526. Retrieved 1 May 2013.