Nina Ansary

Nina Ansary

Dr. Nina Ansary is an award-winning Iranian-American author, historian, women’s rights and gender equality advocate. She is the director of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Cambridge and former director of the World Affairs Councils of America Global Women’s Lecture Series.
Dr. Nina Ansary is an award-winning Iranian-American author, historian, women’s rights and gender equality advocate. She is the director of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Cambridge and former director of the World Affairs Councils of America Global Women’s Lecture Series.
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Jewels of Allah

The Untold Story of Women in Iran

“An incisive, intellectually robust look at the feminist movement in I ran… a riveting portrait of the Iranian woman: her strength, resilience, suffering and hope.”

– Publishers Weekly

Anonymous Is a Woman

A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality

“Fifty shades of genius – An elegant, authoritative exploration of gender and society…”

– Lyse Doucet, OBE Award-winning journalist and BBC Chief International Correspondent

Jewels of Allah

The Untold Story of Women in Iran

“An incisive, intellectually robust look at the feminist movement in Iran… a riveting portrait of the Iranian woman: her strength, resilience, suffering and hope.”

– Publishers Weekly

Anonymous Is a Woman

A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality

“Fifty shades of genius – An elegant, authoritative exploration of gender and society…”

– Lyse Doucet, OBE Award-winning journalist and BBC Chief International Correspondent