Ghamar Ariyan
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Ghamar Ariyan قمر آریان | |
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Born | Persia | 22 March 1922
Died | , Iran | 11 April 2012
Nationality | Iranian |
Known for | Researcher, author |
Ghamar Ariyan (Persian: قمر آریان) (22 March 1922 – 11 April 2012) was an Iranian researcher and author. Mirza Abdolvahhab Aryan, her father, was an intellectual and a powerful figure in the city. He decided to create the first girls' school in Quchan after the birth of his daughter. The school was operated by literate and elite local women who taught the first six grades. Ghamar finished sixth grade there, and her father hired a private instructor to continue her education for another three years because she was highly brilliant. She subsequently went to an elementary teachers' college in Mashhad for her tenth and eleventh grades, while concurrently teaching sixth grade at a primary school.[1]
On obtaining her bachelor's degree, Aryan decided to remain in Tehran and would eventually pursue a PhD. She was the first woman to graduate from the Faculty of Literature at Tehran University. Aryan learned about Christian religious teachings at university through her History of Religions classes, and after reading the New Testament, despite having already studied the life and works of Rumi and his contemporaries, she decided to write her PhD thesis on The Face of Christianity in Persian Literature.[2]
She became the first female university professor in Iran and a member of the Supreme Council of the
In the ninth decade of her life, she created works of lasting cultural, social and political standing. She participated in the Congress of Orientalists in India, met
References
- ^ "Iranian Women You Should Know: Ghamar Aryan". IRANWIRE.
- ^ "Iranian Women You Should Know: Ghamar Aryan". IRANWIRE.