pstrongInternational Book Award in Women's Issuesstrongp pstrongEric Hoffer Award for Best Culture Bookstrongp pstrongEric Hoffer Award for Best Book Coverstrongp pstrongEric Hoffer Award for Best Debut Authorstrongp pstrongIndie Book Award for Historical Nonfictionstrongp pstrongIndie Book Award for Women's Issuesstrongp pstrongForeWord INDIEFAB Award for Women's Studiesstrongp pstrongBest Book Award for Women's Issuesstrongp pThe popular narrative about women's lives in Iran over the last forty years goes something like this p pDuring the Pahlavi Monarchy, women were on an upward trajectory. In a nation on the cusp of modernity, women actively participated. They were given the right to vote and free to be in public without veils. They wore miniskirts on university campuses. Then came the Islamic Revolution in 1979, with Ayatollah Khomeini at the helm. The burgeoning freedoms for women were extinguished. The veil was required and institutions were segregated by gender. The Islamic Rep