Homa Darabi
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| Born | 1940 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 22 February 1994 (aged 54) Tehran, Iran |
| Cause of death | Self-immolation |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Political party | Nation Party of Iran[1] |
| Movement | Feminism[2] |
| Relatives | Parvin Darabi (sister) |
Homa Darabi (
Biography
Darabi was born in 1940[3] in Tehran. Following the end of high school, she entered Medical School of University of Tehran in 1959.[4] In 1960, she was detained for organizing a student demonstration in favor of the National Front.[2] She married her classmate Manoochehr Keyhani in 1963.[4] After completing her studies, she practiced in the village Bahmanieh, located in northern Iran.[2] Darabi went to the United States to continue her studies, and obtained a pediatrics specialist degree in psychology.[4] She returned to Iran in 1976 and was employed as a professor of child psychiatry at University of Tehran, while she became once again politically active against the Pahlavi dynasty.[2] She also taught at the National University (later known as Shahid Beheshti University).[5]
She was dismissed from her position for "non-adherence to hijab" in December 1991. Although a tribunal in May 1993 overturned the decision, the university refused to restore her position.[2]
Death
As a sign of protest, Darabi immolated herself by pouring petrol over her head on 21 February 1994, after she had taken her hijab off in a public thoroughfare near Tajrish.[2][5]
She died from the burns in a hospital the next day.[1]
See also
- 2017–2019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab
- Death of Mahsa Amini
- Guidance Patrol, Iran's morality police
- List of political self-immolations
- Zahra Bani Yaghoub
Further reading
- Darabi, Parvin; Thomson, Romin P (1999). Rage against the veil: the courageous life and death of an Islamic dissident. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781573926829.
References
- ^ a b "Iranian woman in suicide protest", The Independent, 24 February 1994, retrieved 20 March 2020,
A prominent Iranian female academic, Homa Darabi, poured petrol over herself and set herself on fire to protest at the plight of her countrywomen, according to the Iranian Nation Party to which she belonged, writes Safa Haeri. She died of severe burns in a Tehran hospital on Tuesday.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-333-71974-9
- ISBN 9780874368383
- ^ a b c The Middle East: Abstracts and index, vol. 21, Northumberland Press, 1998, p. 169
- ^ JSTOR 4623399
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