A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind - Michael Axworthy

Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Iran s religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic Shi a Muslim clerics in the world, yet its poetry insistently dwells on the joys of life: wine, beauty, sex. Iranian women are subject to one of the most restrictive dress codes in the Islamic world, but make up nearly 60 percent of the student population of the nation s universities.

tytuł oryginału

A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind

data wydania

24 maja 2016

ISBN

0465098762

liczba stron

384

język

angielski