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  • When I asked Fatemeh khanoom why she did not divorce him for he was useless and abusive to boot, she told me that she would lose face in her village if she went back for her yearly Nowrouz (Iranian New Year) visit without her husband.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • When she left to open her salon Shahin khanoom introduced her sister-in-law to replace her.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • She lived in the outskirts of Karaj further from the capital than Shahin khanoom in a rented house whose toilet was a shack at the bottom of the yard.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • Fatemeh khanoom had no experience as a house keeper but was hard working and proud.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • Roya khanoom was in her early twenties, a student in the last year of accounting at Tehran Azad University.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • Fatemeh khanoom never again refused to pay for his opium.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • I was going to bring it up to let her know that I had discovered her lie but decided not to when the next day Shahin khanoom came to me crying.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • She never missed a single day's work and was, unlike Shahin khanoom, very honest with a work ethic that seemed to belong more to New England than Kerman.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • Shahin khanoom knew everyone in our neighborhood of high rise apartments and was the one everyone came to when looking for help.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

  • Shahin khanoom was not overly devout, at least around us, never really proselytizing and more concerned about making a living than the nuances of Shiite Islam.

    Working Class and Female in Iran 2010

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