Faeghe Shirazi

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Faeghe Shirazi
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Bornjanuary 2, 1952
Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupationauthor and associate professor

Faeghe Shirazi is an Iranian author and associate professor of middle western languages and cultures in the Islamic studies program at university of Texas.

Education

  • Ph.D. in textile and clothing from Ohio state university in 1985
  • M.S. in textile science from Kansas state university in 1976
  • B.A. in interior design from university of Houston in 1985

Career

  • Instructor of Textiles and Clothing Department in State University College at Buffalo New York , 1976 – 1978
  • Program Director and Instructor of  Textiles and Fashion Marketing Division in Collin County College, Plano, Texas , 1988-1990
  • Research Associate of  Textile Specialist about Bureau of Business Research in the University of Texas at Austin , 1990-1992
  • Lecturer of  Department of Human Ecology about Division of Textiles, Apparel, and Interior Design in The University of Texas at Austin,  1991-1993
  • Lecturer of Center for Middle Eastern Studies in The University of Texas at Austin , 1993-1994
  • Assistant Professor of  Center for Middle Eastern Studies in The University of Texas at Austin , 1995-1996
  • Assistant Professor of  Department of Middle Eastern Studies in The University of Texas at Austin , 1996-2002
  • Associate Professor of  Department of Middle Eastern Studies in The University of Texas at Austin , 2002-2010
  • Professor of Department of Middle Eastern Studies in The University of  Texas at Austin, 2010-Present

Books

Editor

Articles

Her vision towards Tragedy of Karbala

She cooperated with the author of “The Women Of Karbala” , Kamran Scot Aghaie, upon the 4th chapter of this book , called “The Daughters of Karbala”. In this chapter , she tried to portray the image of women in popular Shi’i culture in Iran.

She started her chapter by this anecdote from Abu Abdollah , who said that Whoever recites a couplet about Hussain and cries and causes others to shed tears, he and they will enter paradise.

Sequentially, she focused on the images of holy females in the shi’a tradition and the importance of month of Muharram, especially during rituals of Ashura. In following sentences she explained that how Iranians hold these rituals manually which is chanting (like serenades) and elegies.

Then , she continued her chapter by mentioning the importance of Ashura in Iran -Iraq war. Genuinely, she aimed that Ashura, Muharram and Karbala have been being used to pave the way of social and political transformation in Iran.

Continuously, she tried to demonstrate the important elements of Tragedy of Karbala ( 37 members in tragedy, Shahadat). Then she emphasized on the fact that Tragedy of Karbala, influenced the wishes of young soldier boys wanting to be martyred because heaven was awaiting their arrival as they fought against injustice like Imam Hussan.

Then , she quoted the speech of Ayatollah Khomeini about Martyrs and martyrdom as an example of the influence of this tragedy in order to promote encourage people to fight against their enemy.

Then she mentioned that Ashura is not limited only to a certain time or location but rather as timeless and universal in scope. As an example, the most famous Arabic phase that is used is Iranian idea is “ every day is Ashura, everywhere is Karbala.

Following the paragraphe above, she quoted some components about Karbala like:

According to Al-Shafe’I, on the day of Ashura , the sun did not set at all. Imam Hussain is an eternal symbol for all humanity. Ashura is the symbol of love and life. Ashura protects Islam and Qur’an.

On the next paragraph, she mentioned Hazra’at Zeynab belief upon Ashura as an occasion for celebration not mourning. This concept (celebrating the death of a martyr) had been used by Ayatollah Khomeini.

In conclusion, she introduced Ashura, Imam Hussain and Hazra’at Zeynab as great and positive impacts on Muslim people and Iranian culture.

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