Sanaz Raji's blog

Bring Justice to Mukhtaran Mai's Case

Sanaz Raji — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:37:28 +0000

On the 22nd of June, 2002, Mukhtaran Mai, aPakistani seamstress from a small village in the Punjab province was gang raped by allegedly 4 men from a neighbouring clan. It was ordered by the village counsel, as a form of honour revenge, as her 12 year old brother was falsely accused of offending the honour of a powerful clan by having illicit sex with one of their women.  

Can a Person Engage in Good Scholarship on the Iranian Diaspora from Inside Iran?

Sanaz Raji — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:19:23 +0000

Since joining the Facebook for academics, Academia.edu, I've received all sorts of e-mails for conferences, call for papers, workshops, books, etc. It has kept me in touch with other researchers in my field and allowed me to know what others are currently up to with their own research and fieldwork projects. Lately, I have been getting a steady stream of academics from Iran who want to "befriend" me on Academia.edu. Although i want to engage with fellow academics in Iran, at the same time I want to know that I am not dealing with a political stooge for the regime.

Video of Ben Ali's Stash of Diamonds & Hard Currency

Sanaz Raji — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:35:24 +0000

Here is a video clip enclosed in the link below via Al Arabiya shown on Tunisian state television on Saturday 19th February that toured one of Ben Ali's palaces. Apparently, Ben Ali hid the wealth he stole from his long-suffering people in "curtains and secret compartments behind the palace library". Al Arabiya states that France, Switzerland, Canada, and the EU have frozen Ben Ali's assets and the Tunisian interim government will be seeking measures to recover money and property of Ben Ali to help combat poverty in the country.

For 25 Bahman, Let us Remember Ehsan

Sanaz Raji — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:33:52 +0000

I am certain many of the regulars on Iranian.com recognize the name Ehsan Abdoh Tabrizi. A piece written by Roya S. entitled, "The Plight of Ehsan Abdoh Tabrizi" was published on 12 August 2010 which outlined the case of the Durham University PhD candidate who has been incarcerated at Evin prison. If you haven't read the piece, here it is:

http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/plight-ehsan-abdoh-tabrizi

Stuff Iranians Like

Sanaz Raji — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:31:06 +0000

At the moment I am severely procrastinating. I should be writing a methodology chapter due for this coming Monday, but instead I am web surfing. Bad, Sanaz, bad. My research at the moment is on the Iranian diaspora online and how satire is used to as a vehicle to discuss issues of gender and sexuality. However, like any research project, one has to through the gruelling bits, and for me, methodology is one of them. Through my virtual travels, I found this site: Stuff Iranians Like (SIL).

http://stuffiranianslike.wordpress.com/

Premiere of Round-trip + Iranian Diaspora Talk at the 24th Leeds International Film Festival

Sanaz Raji — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:13:02 +0000

In conjunction with the 24th Leeds International Film Festival and the Iran Heritage Foundation, I will be curating and moderating the UK premiere of Golkou Parhizgar's documentary, Round-trip. Round-trip is inspired by director’s personal experience of returning to Iran aft