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Article: Telling the stories of Iranian women's lives: 'Anyone who did research on women's issues benefitted from hundreds of articles, stories and interviews that were featured in Zanan.(IRANIAN JOURNALISTS: Women Reporters, Women's Stories)
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- Nieman Reports
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
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It was 10 years old and every week my mother would buy Zan-e Rooz (Today's Woman), Iran's highest circulation women-oriented publication, from the neighborhood newsstand. She always said that when I read a magazine I can speak better. My sisters and I would wait for the magazine every Saturday, and I particularly enjoyed reading its illustrated stories.
In those childhood days I never imagined that I would one day become the chief editor of that magazine. For me, that job seemed like a succulent fruit on an out-of-reach branch, one that a small girl like me could not possibly reach. So when at 21 my sister called to ask if I wanted to be a journalist, I suddenly ...
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Article: Silencing a voice of reason
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