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Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman and ...

Forugh Farrokhzad, Poet of Modern Iran: Iconic Woman and ...

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Maryam Ghorbankarimi Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Maryam Ghorbankarimi moved to Canada in 2001 to continue her education in film at Toronto's Ryerson University. She is currently studying for her PhD in film studies at the University ...
A Colourful Presence: The Evolution of Women's ...

A Colourful Presence: The Evolution of Women's ...

Maryam Ghorbankarimi

As Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa explains, “Their work was charged with political rebellion and existential despair, as well as a skeptical view of progress and development.”3 Sadegh Hedayat in fiction, Nima Yushij in poetry, and Jalal Al-e Ahmad in ...
Convex Optimization & Euclidean Distance Geometry

Convex Optimization & Euclidean Distance Geometry

Jon Dattorro

American Automatic Control Council (AACC), June 2001. http://www.cds.caltech. edu/∼maryam/nucnorm.html [119] Maryam Fazel, Haitham Hindi, and Stephen P . Boyd. Log-det heuristic for matrix rank minimization with applications to Hankel  ...
Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A ...

Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A ...

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... and the characters' dialogues and emotions are geared toward reinforcing the film's main theme. When it was screened in Lebanon upon its release, When Maryam Spoke Out was perceived as a groundbreaking film, 68 Dalia Said Mostafa.
Orphan of Destiny

Orphan of Destiny

Michael P. Spradlin

Young Squire Tristan, Robard, Maryam, and Angel make one last desperate push to deliver the Holy Grail to safety in 1191 Scotland, but the way is full of danger as new enemies are met and Sir Hugh attempts to thwart them at every turn
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures: Family, Law and ...

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures: Family, Law and ...

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Of the 29 female scholars known by name, several of dan Fodio's daughters were outstanding leaders, including Maryam, Fatima, and Asma±u. Nana Asma±u ( 1793–1864) is the most famous. Her brother Caliph Muhammad Bello recognized ...
Sultans of the South: Arts of India's Deccan Courts, 1323-1687

Sultans of the South: Arts of India's Deccan Courts, 1323-1687

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volume), Steve Kossak, Maryam Ekhtiar, and the late Aditya Behl. A special installation of the Metropolitan's holdings of Deccan art was mounted at the time of the symposium; in particular we thank Tim Caster and Janina Poskrobko for their ...
The Child Protection Practice Manual: Training practitioners ...

The Child Protection Practice Manual: Training practitioners ...

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4 Challenges to professionals working in child protection Kerry Robinson and Maryam Hyrapetian Chapter summary Disciplinary action by the General Medical Council (GMC) against paediatricians such as David Southall and Roy Meadow,  ...
Youth Justice in America

Youth Justice in America

Maryam Ahranjani

M1, reprinted in Tracey Maclin, “Race and the Fourth Amendment,” Vanderbilt Law Review 51 (1998): 333, 393 n. 39. 20. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968). 21. “ Defendant's Bill of Exceptions, State v. Terry and State v. Chilton,” Nos. 79,491 and ...
Workplace Abuse, Incivility and Bullying: Methodological and ...

Workplace Abuse, Incivility and Bullying: Methodological and ...

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Notes on contributors ix List of abbreviations xii 1 Setting the scene: workplace abuse, incivility and bullying – methodological and cultural perspectives 1 MARYAM OMARI AND MEGAN PAULL 2 Paradigmatic and methodological approaches ...
Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond

Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond

Robert A. Caplen

2 Quoted in Maryam d'Abo and John Cork, Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003), 38. 3 “The Bond Files; James Bond,” Playboy, June 1, 2000, 84. 4 Bond Girls Are Forever, limited ed.

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