<p>When Kameel Ahmady, an aid worker in Africa, first encountered FGM, little did he suspect the discovery awaiting him on return to his native Iran - his grandmother, mother and sisters had all been subjected to the knife. This is the first book-length study published in English on female genital mutilation in Iran.</p>
<p style="display: inline-block;"><a href="{{media url="wysiwyg/Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Oxford 1.jpg"}}" title="Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Oxford 1" data-fancybox="image"><img alt="Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Oxford 1" src="{{media url="wysiwyg/Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Oxford 1.jpg"}}" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; max-width: 200px;" title="Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Oxford 1" /></a>On October 10, 2016, at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Kameel Ahmady presents his groundbreaking research to faculty, students, and other interested attendees.</p>
<p style="display: inline-block;"><a href="{{media url="wysiwyg/Ahmady FGM in Iran After book launch Oct 10 Cotswold Lodge.JPG"}}" title="Ahmady FGM in Iran after book launch Oct 10 Cotswold Lodge" data-fancybox="image"><img alt="Ahmady FGM in Iran after book launch Oct 10 Cotswold Lodge" src="{{media url="wysiwyg/Ahmady FGM in Iran After book launch Oct 10 Cotswold Lodge.JPG"}}" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; max-width: 200px;" title="Ahmady FGM in Iran after book launch Oct 10 Cotswold Lodge" /></a>Following the presentation, we enjoyed a light supper at the Cotswold Lodge. L to r: author Kameel Ahmady, Comfort I. Ottah, Dr. Tobe Levin von Gleichen, Nolan Victory and Haldi Sheehan</p>
<p style="display: inline-block;"><a href="{{media url="wysiwyg/Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Maria Jaschok Graziella Piga.JPG"}}" title="Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Maria Jaschok Graziella Piga" data-fancybox="image"><img alt="Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Maria Jaschok Graziella Piga" src="{{media url="wysiwyg/Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Maria Jaschok Graziella Piga.JPG"}}" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; max-width: 200px;" title="Ahmady FGM in Iran Book Launch Maria Jaschok Graziella Piga" /></a>Ahmady has just signed Graziella Piga&rsquo;s copy of <em>In the Name of Tradition. Female Genital Mutilation in Iran</em>. Here she is with Dr Maria Jaschok, director of the International Women&rsquo;s Studies Centre at LMH, co-sponsor of the event with UnCUT/VOICES Press.</p>