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Suad joseph, afsaneh najmabadi, julie peteet, seteney shami, jacqueline siapno, jane i. Afsaneh najmabadi, harvard university, wgs and history department, faculty member. Transing and transpassing across sexgender walls in iran. Afsaneh najmabadi verdicts of science, ruiings of faith.