Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a... →
Azar Nafisi
Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past.
I would like to say how much I resent people who say of the Islamic Republic that this is our culture - as if women like to be stoned to death, or as... →
Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the... →
For more than 30 years the Islamic regime and its apologists have tried to dismiss women's struggle in Iran as part of a western ploy.
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as... →
And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the... →
Parminder Nagra
It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women. We get the work... →
Mira Nair
I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that... →
I don't like going out on a date unless I know the broad a little bit beforehand. By the way, 'broad' to me is not a detrimental term for... →
Joe Namath