Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar
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Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar OBE FAcSS (Persian: هاله افشار; 21 May 1944 – 12 May 2022) was a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She was a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim. Her background is in equal opportunities in Britain, and before that, land reform and development in Iran, where she grew up, and journalism in both countries.
The Baroness Afshar | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 13 December 2007 – 12 May 2022 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | 21 May 1944 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 12 May 2022 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Maurice Dodson (m. 1974) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of York Murray Edwards College, Cambridge |
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| Religion | Shi'a Islam |
Afshar died on 12 May 2022 at the age of 77.[1]