Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident is a book by Parvin Darabi, an Iranian critic of Islam.

Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident
AuthorParvin Darabi
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography
PublisherPrometheus Books
Publication date
1999
Publication placeIran
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages274
ISBN1-57392-682-5
OCLC40545407
323.3/4/092 B 21
LC ClassHQ1735.2.Z75 D37 1999

The book is about Parvin's sister, Homa Darabi, who on February 21, 1994 committed suicide by immolation in Tajrish Square in Tehran to protest the "slavelike" treatment of women in Iran.[1][2] The book details Darabi's life leading up to her death, addressing women's rights in Iran during the monarchy and after the Islamic Revolution.[3]

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  1. ^ "Iranian woman in suicide protest". The Independent. 1994-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  2. ^ میرزایی, شهاب (2019-02-23). "اعتراض به حجاب اجباری؛ خودسوزی هما دارابی، 'تصویری که آدم را رها نمی‌کند'". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. ^ "Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident.." The Free Library. 2000 American Humanist Association [1] Retrieved 18 Aug. 2016