Iran: the precarious status of working class Flashcards
1
Q
What does mahroum mean?
A
the disenfranchised
2
Q
What does mostaz’af mean?
A
the dispossessed, usually a man who had been excluded from the Shah’s modernization
3
Q
What does moafaq mean?
A
“successful”
4
Q
What does arazel owbash mean?
A
failed masculinity - a term used in the official discourse to criminalize working class men
