Shahrnush Parsipur, author of ‘Women Without Men’: Iran loses one of its bravest literary voices
For more than 50 years, Parsipur (1946-2026) wrote women into spaces from which they were excluded. She died on July 3, 2026.
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Shahrnush Parsipur, 1946–2026
The renowned Iranian novelist and activist passed away in San Francisco, aged 80. SABRINA HAU
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“Women in Iran are the second sex, not the first sex, and that has not changed. Iranian women still face the same problems they have always
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