State and Society in Iran: The Eclipse of the Qajars and The Emergence of the Pahlavis

this Remarkable Collection Of Photographic ‘portraits’ Of Leading Businesswomen From Right Across The Arab World Is A Unique Testament To The Impact Made On Business By Prominent Arab Women. Art Photographer Jacqueline Hassink, Internationally Recognised For Her Representations Of The World Of Economic Power, Expresses These Portraits Through A Photographic Exploration Of The Private And Business Domains Of These Powerful Women. Designed By Award Winning Book Designer Irma Boom, This Beautifully Illustrated, Full-colour Work Is Introduced By Leading Photography Critic Charlotte Cotton And Includes An Essay By The Prominent Economist Dr. Heba Handoussa. published In Association With The Arab International Women's Forum "By the end of the nineteenth century it became evident to Iran's ruling Qajar elite that the state's contribution to the promotion of modern education in the country was unable to meet the growing expectations set by Iranian society. Muzaffar al-Din Shah sought to remedy this situation by permitting the entry of the private sector into the field of modern education and in 1899 the first Baha'i school was established in Tehran. By the 1930s there were dozens of Baha'i schools. Their high standards of education drew many non-Baha'i students, from all sections of society.Here Soli Shahvar assesses these 'forgotten schools' and investigates why they proved so popular not only with Baha'is, but Zoroastrians, Jews and especially Muslims. Shahvar explains why they were closed by the reformist Reza Shah in the late 1930s and the subsequent fragility of the Baha'is position in Iran."--Bloomsbury publishing. "This remarkable collection of photographic 'portraits' of leading businesswomen from right across the Arab world is a unique testament to the impact made on business by prominent Arab women. Art photographer Jacqueline Hassink, internationally recognised for her representations of the world of economic power, expresses these portraits through a photographic exploration of the private and business domains of these powerful women. Designed by award winning book designer Irma Boom, this beautifully illustrated, full-colour work is introduced by leading photography critic Charlotte Cotton and includes an essay by the prominent economist Dr. Heba Handoussa. Published in Association with the Arab International Women's Forum."--Publisher's description "This book depicting the world of leading Arab businesswomen is a unique testament to the impact they have made on the economic and social development of their countries. Art photographer Jacqueline Hassink, internationally recognised for her representations of the world of economic power, reveals the business and domestic domains of these powerful women through photographic exploration. Designed by award winning book designer Irma Boom, this illustrated full-colour work is introduced by leading photography critic Charlotte Cotton."--Jacket