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From “Alien” to “One of Us” and Back: Field Experiences in Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Shahnaz Nadjmabadi
Shahnaz Nadjmabadi*
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The University of Frankfurt, Germany
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Iranian Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Ethnographic Fieldwork in Iran , December 2004 , pp. 603 - 612
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Copyright © 2004 The International Society for Iranian Studies

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6 In Luristan, west-Iran (1970), in Khorasan, east-Iran (1976), and in the Iranian coastal region of the Persian Gulf (1977 to present).

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