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Child Labour
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Traces of Childhood Exploitation- A Comprehensive Study on the Forms of Child Labour in Iran
Gender differences in child labour- A systematic review of causes, forms, features and consequences
Traces of Childhood Exploitation A Comprehensive Study on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Child Labour – Conferences Presentation
Background and consequences of scavenging: A study on child scavenging in Tehran and its suburbs
Gender differences in child labour: A systematic review of causes, forms, features and consequences
A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Child Labour in Iran – Conferences Presentation
Violation: Child Labour Rights in Iran – Analysis and Solutions (Conferences Presentation)
Exploitation and Exclusion A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Child Labour in Iran
Traces of Exploitation in Childhood
Child Marriage
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Rethinking Marriage Laws in Iran
The Continuation of Child Marriage in the Middle East
Echo of silence
The phenomenon of temporary marriage (‘TM’) and its role in promoting early child marriage (‘ECM’) in Iran
The phenomenon of early child marriage and analyses in Iran ( conference presentation)
The Role of Temporary Marriage (TM) in Promoting Early Child Marriage (ECM) in Iran – Book Chapter (Temporary and Child Marriages in Iran and Afghanistan) Chapter 3 (P 63-84)
Feminization of Poverty -The Cause and Consequence of Early Childhood Marriages in Iran
The Nexus between the Temporary Marriage and Early Child Marriages
Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting in Iran (FGM/C)
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Harmful Traditions Practice: A Comprehensive Study on female genital mutilation (FGM)
Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Iran 2005-2015
In the Name of Tradition. Female Genital Mutilation in Iran
In the Name of Traditions: A Comprehensive Study on the Impact of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Women and Girls An Overview of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Iran
The Changing Paradigms of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Country report on FGM/C in Iran
Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Iran (Conference Presentation)
Harmful traditions practice: A comprehensive study on female genital mutilation in Iran
A comprehensive study on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Iran
Harmful Traditions Practice: A Comprehensive Study on female genital mutilation
The Politics of Culture
Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report)
In the Name of Tradition
Identify and Ethnicity
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Ethnicity and Identities in Iran: Progress and Equality
A Peace-Oriented Investigation of the Ethnic Identity Challenge in Iran (Conference Presentation)
Ethnic Claims in Iran in Terms of Justice and Development (Conference Presentation)
A Peace-Oriented Investigation of the Ethnic Identity Challenge in Iran (A Study of Five Iranian Ethnic Groups with the GT Method)
Nonconformity and Resistance in Mahabad with Focusing on Cultur
Conformity and Resistance in Mahabad
Another look at east of Turkey
From Border to Border
Lesbian Gays and Bisexual (LGBTQ+)
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Investigating the Dynamics of the Iranian LGBT Community from Legal and Religious Perspectives
Narratives and minority- Stories from lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals in Iran And an overview on the prevalence of LGB groups
Investigating the Dynamism of Iranian LGBTs from a Legal and Religious Perspective
Narratives and minority: Stories from lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals in Iran
Forbidden tale
THE HOMOPHOBIC LAWS AND SOCIAL SYSTEM IN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
LGBT in Iran-The Homophobic Law and Social System
Migration and Gender for Iranian LGBT
The Narrative of Lesbian Gays and Bisexual in Iran and the Chronic Closet
Obscured existence of homosexuality and transsexuality inside Kurdish culture; Case studies of Gays and lesbians in Kurdistan and diaspora
Male Circumcision (MGM/C)
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Cultural pathology of male circumcision in Iran, focusing on children’s rights and the right to the body
Medical and Economic Discussions of Male Circumcision in Iran
Male Circumcision / Genital Mutilation or cutting in Iran (MGM/C)
Blade of Tradition in the Name of Religion
Temporary Marriage
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Changing the Attitude of Young People Towards Marriage with a Focus on Law and Environmental Conditions such as Religion and Custom
Pathological Analysis of Temporary Marriage in Iran
The phenomenon of temporary marriage (‘TM’) and its role in promoting early child marriage (‘ECM’) in Iran
The Role of Temporary Marriage (TM) in Promoting Early Child Marriage (ECM) in Iran – Book Chapter (Temporary and Child Marriages in Iran and Afghanistan) Chapter 3 (P 63-84)
Temporary and Child Marriages in Iran and Afghanistan
Feminization of Poverty -The Cause and Consequence of Early Childhood Marriages in Iran
The Nexus between the Temporary Marriage and Early Child Marriages
Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission
House with Open Door
White Marriage (Cohabitation)
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Young People Attitude Towards Marriage with a Focus on Law, Religion and Custom
Changing attitudes of Present Generation Towards Marriage in Iran
The Role of Temporary Marriage (TM) in Promoting Early Child Marriage (ECM) in Iran – Book Chapter (Temporary and Child Marriages in Iran and Afghanistan) Chapter 3 (P 63-84)
Attitudes of Present Generation Towards Marriage with a Socio-cultural Focus
A house on water
Incest and Child Sexual Abuse
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Legal Pathology of Child Abuse and Sexual Violence within Families: A Discussion About Incestuous Abuse in Iran
Consequences of Incest: Researching Child Abuse Cases in Iran
Exploring the Contexts of Child Sexual Abuse within Families: A Field Study on the Taboo of Incestuous Adultery in Iran
Other Articles / News Articles
British academic jailed in Iran escapes to UK
The Narrative of Lesbian Gays and Bisexual in Iran and the Chronic Closet
Local politics and Muslim identity in Tower Hamlet (2006)
Complex Causes of Child Marriage in Iran and other Islamic countries
Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic ‘jailed in Iran’
British Channel 4 report on Kameel Ahmady in English (TV version with subtitles)
The Construction and Perception of Kurdishness
Female genital mutilation practised in Iran, study reveals/ Guardian(2015)
A Time for the Kurds to Embrace Change (2006) eKurd
Support to Kameel Ahmady
A review of the book “In the Name of Tradition – Female Genital Mutilation in Iran” par Kameel Ahmady
The mountain porters; short ethnography film of youth mountain worker
United Against Nuclear Iran (“UANI”) report on Kameel Ahmady
Valley of the Wolves: Nationalism, Conflict and the Other in a Turkish Film (2006)
Sovereignty in the Sky (2005)
Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report)
Vrouwenbesnijdenis, een traditie die moet stoppen
Kameel Ahmady: Female Genital Mutilation In Iran (A Research Report)
Remember Remember the Fifth of November (2006)
British-Iranian Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison, Escapes Iran
White Wednesday’ and ‘My Stealthy Movement
Academic jailed in Iran pulls off daring escape back to Britain
Statement On The Detention In Iran Of Social Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady
Visual ethnography of Pilgrimage, Life and Road in Kurdistan (2006) BBC
Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for 9 years for subversion – report
The Nexus between the Temporary Marriage and Early Child Marriages
British-Iranian academic jailed for 9 years in Iran for ‘subversive’ research
British dual national Kameel Ahmady detained in Iran
Social anthropologist facing nine years in prison escapes
Obscured existence of homosexuality and transsexuality inside Kurdish culture; Case studies of Gays and lesbians in Kurdistan and diaspora
The Kurdish uprising (Long Version)
News week – Female genital mutilation performed in Iran
FGM practised in western, southern Iran / Reuters (2015)
The Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Expert Directory
Yezidi identity in the last century: Ethnic, national or religious? (2006). The Globe No.43
Iran arrests British-Kurdish academic in Tehran
Temporary Marriage an Approved Way of Submission
Eventually I made the decision which I had been struggling with For a long time – the decision to escape
His love gained was my love lost
Happy New Year Kurdistan 1.1.2006
A Comprehensive Study on Sigheh Mahramiat and Temporary Marriage in Iran
Eventually I made the decision I had been struggling with … to escape
Identity and politics in London carnival, a study of its material
Churchill, my neighbour, was the first person to use the chemical bomb on Soleimani (2005). the newspaper Aso (in Kurdish)
Kameel Ahmady, British-Iranian Anthropologist – News Updates
British Channel 4 report on Kameel Ahmady in English (Long version)
Refugee legal aid information
British researcher who documented child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran is jailed for nine years in Tehran for his ‘subversive’ work
Kameel Ahmady: His Book ‘In the Name of Tradition’
Iranian revolution: The Kurdish uprising
British-Iranian academic imprisoned for eight years for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Imprisonment and Fines for A Dual National Researcher
British academic facing jail in Iran makes daring escape to UK
The mountain porters; short ethnography film of youth mountain worker (2004)
World needs to shout about scholars silenced by the state
A review of the book “In the Name of Tradition” – Female Genital Mutilation in Iran
Media consumption, conformity and resistance: a visual ethnography of youth culture in Iranian Kurdistan. 2005-2006
Iran nimmt weiteren Doppelstaatsbürger als Geisel für Verhandlungen
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Kameel Ahmady being sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on 13 December
Iran jails anthropologist for “subversive research”, “seeking cultural changes” and “promoting homosexuality”
Anfal – The Kurdish Genocide (2006)
Kameel Ahmady – British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran
So-called ‘honour killings’ are not a cultural phenomenon, but a crime against women
UK-Iranian Academic Says he Escaped Iran While on Bail
Iranian revolution: The Kurdish uprising (Long Version)
Freedom of Expression (2006) – In Kurdish
Hijacked nations; Ethnography of Palestine and Israel (2005)
Kameel Ahmady: British academic facing jail escapes Iran over mountains
British–Iranian academic sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran
A House on Water – A Comprehensive Study on Sigheh Mahramiat and Temporary Marriage in Iran
FGM in Iran , A review of the book In the Name of Tradition
Brit facing jail in Iran ESCAPES Revolutionary Guard and treks 300 miles through mountains to safety
Turkey, Welcome to EU (2006)
Unicef onderschat ernst besnijdenis in Iran
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Kameel Ahmady, Hibo Wardere, or FGM in Somalia and Iran
A Kurdish Yazidi teenager was stoned to death (2007) eKurd
British-Iranian Anthropologist and academic, Detained In Iran – News Updates
Helping the British academic imprisoned in Iran is Boris Johnson’s chance to redeem himself
A day in the life of police chief in Iraqi oil rich Kirkuk (2005)
Books and Research
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Child Labour
Child Marriage
White Marriage (Cohabitations)
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Identify and Ethnicity
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