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Sister, Guard Your Veil

David hears how women's lives changed dramatically under the Ayatollah's regime and why some women felt they had to leave.

Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin about leaving their homeland and family behind to make a new life in Britain.

David hears how women's lives changed dramatically under the Ayatollah's regime and why, with modifications to family law and enforced adoption of the hijab in public, some women felt they had to leave. That included a bookish young girl who had been educated abroad and found herself on trial when she applied for a job at the university.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Jun 2009 09:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Jan 2009 15:45
  • Tue 2 Jun 2009 09:30