On the other side of the world IRAN One sixth of Canada in size, with more than twice the people there is a land

Cyrus the Great Damavand (5671 m) People with warm hearts and 3000 years of history

A land of four-season beauty…

waving hopefully to the sky

Modern Tehran Parks–Iran

An Art Gallery in Modern Tehran - Iran

Persian, 50 % Azari 18 % Kurd 10 % Gilaki 6 % Muslims 95% Ahle-Haq 3% Christians 1% Baha’i 0.7% Zoroastrians 0.1% Jewish 0.1% People of this land: Iranians

And w oman of this land… walking quietly through history, has changed the fate for her daughter.

Qajar dynasty ( ) First school for women First women’s magazines

Reform in Family Law Voting right for women First woman in university Pahlavi dynasty ( )

Islamic Republic( ) Compulsory Hijab and dress code Change of Family Law Based on Islamic rules

A record in the number of women in universities (65% -2007)

The amazing achievement of Iranian women: Reduction of birth rate to a half in one decade ( )

Draws her beauty on the rugs and sings her wishes to the wind woman of this land…

Iranian woman… the Sun of the family

Writer Lawyer, Nobel Prize winner Women activist In Parliament Iranian Woman: effective wherever she is

She demands equality and fairness in laws In Islamic Republic A married woman needs her husband’s permission to get a passport.

An Iranian woman can not run for presidency or be a judge Percentage of women in parliament : 4.4%

I left my home to be able to think openly, to explore a new culture, a new country, and a new language.

in search for a future without war for my children. In search for… Peace

Peace for the

Children of the world Peace for the

Thank you Canada for your gift of peace and thank you for letting me call you “ my home”