Freedom and Education of Women in the Works and Ideas of Qasim Amin MesriAnd Parvin Etesami

Parvin etesami is one of the prominent and celebrated contemporary iranian poetesses who enjoya prominent place, particularly by dealing with certain issues such as women’s education throughout herpoetry. under the influence of her father, yusuf etesam al-mulk, she successfully advanced herdevelopment and flourished in this field. yusuf etesam al-mulk translated some books from arabic intopersian, namely qasim amin mesri's book entitled tahrir al-mar'a on women’s freedom and education,to be partly published in iran under the title of tarbiyate niswan (women’s education). this study is anattempt to explore qasim amin mesri's ideas on the freedom and education of women and the effect onparvin etesami's poems and views; therefore, by studying their lives and works, and comparing theirviews, the authors aimed to determine whether she was under his influence in her poetry or not, and ifyes, determine to what extent she has been influence. moreover, their approaches towards the necessity ofeducating women and parvin’s particular attitude towards the capabilities of iranian women withoutimitating western women are investigated in this study.