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Glossary bad-hejab: improperly veiled basij: mobilization; refers to voluntary militia basiji: members of the basij bidard: lit. without pain, painfree; Weststruck; irresponsible; ignorant gharbzadegi: Weststruckness haram: unlawful fokol: Persian version of faux col (French for detachable collar) fokoli: faux col-wearer; refers to Iranian dandies who adopted European lifestyle hejab: veil Hezbollah: Party of God; refers to pro-government groups hezbollahi: members of Hezbollah jahel: ignorant; refers to male chauvinism javad: nonmodern; local; poor; traditionalist; an Arabic boy’s name; kareji: foreign, from abroad; Western mahram: related; a legal term denoting a relationship by blood, milk, or marriage namahram: unrelated; one who is not mahram passazh: shopping arcade, mall sonat: tradition tajadud: modernity toubeh: repentance ummah: Islamic community Vali-ye Faqi: The Ruling Jurist; the spiritual leader; today Ayatollah Khamenei. ...

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