Journey To Identity: An Ethnography of Being Kurdish in the Imagined Community of Iran A Kurdish Woman's Journey to Identity in Iran

Dr. Kajal Rahmani, a Kurdish scholar and anthropologist, brings together autobiography andethnography to illuminate the experiences of Kurds and other minorities in Iran underMohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Educated in the United States and drawing on decades ofteaching and research in social, cultural, and linguistic anthropology, Rahmani offers a deeplyinformed and personal perspective shaped by extensive travel throughout Iran.Through lived experience and scholarly analysis, the book examines Kurdish rights andmarginalization within Iran’s Persian Shi’a–dominated political system. More than a memoir, itbecomes a nuanced ethnographic journey into Kurdish history, identity, and survival—invitingreaders to understand a people often written out of official narratives. Read more