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Golbarg Bashi

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Golbarg Bashi
Persian: گلبرگ باشی
Born (1974-01-06) 6 January 1974 (age 50)
Ahvaz, Iran
EducationUniversity of Manchester
University of Bristol
Columbia University
Occupation(s)Writer, educator, artist, politician
SpouseHamid Dabashi (div.)
Children2
WebsiteOfficial website

Golbarg Bashi (Persian: گلبرگ باشی; born 6 January 1974, Ahvaz, Iran) is an Iranian-Swedish feminist and former adjunct lecturer of Iranian studies in the US. Among other topics, Bashi has published works and given talks[citation needed] about human rights in the Middle East and the situation of women in Iran.

Biography

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Golbarg Bashi was born 06.01.1974 in Iran, raised in Sweden, and educated at the Universities of Manchester and Bristol and obtained her doctorate degree from Columbia University in New York City. Her doctoral research focused on a feminist critique of the human rights discourse in Iran.[1]

Bashi is the author of the 2017 children's book P is for Palestine: A Palestine Book, an English-language alphabet book about Palestine, written from a social-justice perspective.[2] The book also promotes Palestinian nationalism.[3] She has also published a sequel.[4]

In 2016, she was nominated for a U.S. toy industry award where she was shortlisted in the Designer/Inventor category at the Women In Toys ‘Wonder Woman’ Awards. Fellow nominees included executives at Disney, Mattel, Lego, and Hasbro.[5]

Bashi is also a visual artist. Her images have been published in the New York Times, Aljazeera English, CNN, BBC News, and Amnesty International.[6]

In 2002, Bashi was a member of the Green Party of Sweden where she was elected as an executive member of the party's Women's Committee.[7] She was also selected as a candidate for the Greens in the Swedish municipal elections for the city of Kramfors in 2002.[8][failed verification]

Personal life

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She used to be married to Columbia University professor, Hamid Dabashi, with whom she has two children.[9] She is an atheist.[10]

Brainquake

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See also: Boobquake

In April 2010, Golbarg Bashi launched Brainquake together with Duke University's Negar Mottahedeh. Brainquake was a criticism of the Boobquake event, which Bashi argued was an unhelpful and inappropriate way of drawing attention to legitimate issues. The issue at hand was a statement by Tehran's leader in Friday Prayer, saying that women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously cause earthquakes. Bashi and Brainquake advocates argued that instead of highlighting one's physical differences, women should show off their CVs and lists of accomplishments.[11][12]

Publications

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Books

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  • P is for Palestine (2017) (with Golrokh Nafisi)[13]
  • Counting Up the Olive Tree (2024) (with Nabi H Ali)[14]

Other publications

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Among other topics, Bashi has published works about the situation of women in Iran.

  • March 2006: شاهد عيني تاريخ... (An eyewitness of history...) With Ayatollah Montazeri. Payvand.[15]
  • July 2006: A Historic Landmark: Women's Rights Gathering in Tehran on June 12 2006. NetNative.[16]
  • July 2006: The Proper Etiquette of Meeting Shahrnush Parsipur in the United States. Payvand.[17] Also in The Persian Book Review (ISSUE XVI, NO. 48, FALL 2006).
  • September 2006: تعديل قانون منح الجنسية في إيران: خطوة في الطريق إلى المساواة بين المرأة والرجل (Citizenship Rights in Iran: One Step Forward, Many More to Take; Staatsbürgerrechte im Iran: Nur ein kleiner Schritt vorwärts). Qantara.[18][19][20]
  • January 2007: Genre in the Service of Empire: An Iranian Feminist Critique of Diasporic Memoirs. With Niki Akhavan, Mana Kia, and Sima Shakhsari. Znet.[21]
  • June 2009: Feminist waves in the Iranian Green Tsunami? With Zillah Eisenstein. PBS.[22]
  • June 2009: Iranian Feminism after June 2009. PBS.[23]
  • July 2009: Picturing Ourselves: 1953, 1979 and 2009. With Negar Mottahedeh. PBS.[24]
  • January 2010: From One Third World Woman to Another. With Gayatri Spivak.[25]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Faculty Profiles - Golbarg Bashi". Rutgers University. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. ^ Palestine Book Awards, 2018 Middle East Monitor 2018. 29 November 2018
  3. ^ NJ LIBRARY POSTPONES READING BY ‘P IS FOR PALESTINE’ AUTHOR 9 September 2019
  4. ^ "Counting Up the Olive Tree: A Palestine Number Book by Golbarg Bashi". Middle East Books. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  5. ^ Weltch Media, 2016 Weltch Media, UK. 29 November 2018
  6. ^ "Program Participants". Fertile Crescent. Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers University. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Kvinnoutskottets ledamöter 2002 valda" [Members of the Women's Committee 2002 elected] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2006.
  8. ^ "Kramfors - Valkrets - 2002-09-24 18:47:38".
  9. ^ Golbarg Bashi and Hamid Dabashi (March 2009). "Sal-e No Mobarak!". Tehran Avenue. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  10. ^ Atheism: A Non-believing Shi'i's Perspective Golbarg Bashi's official blog. 21 December 2014 Archived 11 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Brownrigg, Kirsten (April 27, 2010). "Coup de Ta-Tas: Cleric's comment ignites skin-bearing backlash". Herald de Paris. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  12. ^ Moezzi, Melody (April 26, 2010). "Boobquake and Brainquake: Why Not Both?". MS Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Books by Golbarg Bashi". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  14. ^ "Counting Up The Olive Tree". Amazon. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  15. ^ شاهد عيني تاريخ... / گفت و گو : گلبرگ باشی [An eyewitness of history]. Sign 4 Change. March 2006. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
  16. ^ "A Historic Landmark: Women's Rights Gathering in Tehran on June 12 2006". NetNative. 2006-06-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
  17. ^ "The Proper Etiquette of Meeting Shahrnush Parsipur in the United States". Payvand. 2006-07-11. Archived from the original on 2006-07-11.
  18. ^ تعديل قانون منح الجنسية في إيران:في الطريق إلى المساواة بين المرأة والرجل [Amending the law granting citizenship in Iran: A step towards equality between women and men] (in Arabic). Qantara.de. September 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24.
  19. ^ "Citizenship Rights in Iran: One Step Forward, Many More to Take". Qantara.de. September 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24.
  20. ^ "Staatsbürgerrechte im Iran: Nur ein kleiner Schritt vorwärts" [Citizenship rights in Iran: Just a small step forward] (in German). Qantara.de. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
  21. ^ Akhavan, Niki; Bashi, Golbarg; Kia, Mana; Shakhsari, Sima (January 2007). "Genre in the Service of Empire: An Iranian Feminist Critique of Diasporic Memoirs". Znet. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16.
  22. ^ "Feminist waves in the Iranian Green Tsunami?". PBS. June 2009.
  23. ^ "Iranian Feminism after June 2009: A Conversation with Zillah Eisenstein". PBS. June 2009.
  24. ^ "Picturing Ourselves: 1953, 1979 and 2009". PBS. July 2009.
  25. ^ "From One Third World Woman to Another". PBS. January 2010.
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