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home will always be Cole

and betrayal

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy

reaches back into indigenous roots and land-based healing

Iran in Revolt: Revolutionary Aspirations in a Post-Democratic World Binding:Paperback ONE OF THE BEST BOOKSIn his retelling of the boldness and tragedy of the Zhina uprising in Iran, Hamid Dabashi asks: What constitutes the success of revolutions and how do we measure their failures? In September 2022, a young Kurdish woman, Zhina Mahsa Amini, was killed in police custody for failing to observe the strict dress code imposed on Iranian women. Her death sparked a massive social uprising within and outside of Iran. The slogan, "Woman, Life, Freedom," spread