The representation of the practice of sati, the immolation of widows on their husbands’ funeral pyre, has garnered interest for long from postcolonial and feminist discourses among others. While advocates of Western modernity perceive sati as a murderous ritual, the proponents of orthodox Hinduism, on the contrary, claim sati to be a courageous cult of “wifely devotion”. In both bigoted beliefs...

ilam civilization is the most important ancient and indigenous civilization of iran prior to the formation of aryan rule and the achaemenid empire. the capital of this civilization, susa, joinedurbanization in 3200 b.c. and was put aside from history in 646 b.c. by assyrian empire. one of the most significant part of this civilization was  ilamidreligion and worldview as represented in their te...

The December 2010 self-immolation of 26-year-old Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi, a desperate response to the debilitating lack of economic opportunities for Tunisia’s youth and the pervasive sense of humiliation engendered by the state’s corrupt and degrading treatment of its citizens, tapped into deep popular frustration in Tunisia and throughout the Middle East. It sparked a series of uprisings th...

BACKGROUND The main objective of the present study was to determine the association between completed suicides and season of the year in Iran during 2006-2010. METHODS Data on completed suicides were collected by questionnaires field out by the family members of the victims in Legal Medicine Centers throughout the country over the period from 2006 to 2010. The maximum number of completed suic...

Humans have attempted and successfully committed suicide since time immemorial. The reasons for killing or harming oneself vary with cultures and societies and in urban or rural settings. In ancient European cultures, suicide was common, with women using hanging and men using various tools for deliberate self-harm. Ancient Hindu texts allowed individuals to kill themselves, although in later Up...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the characteristics and causes of self burning among married women in the capital of Iran. METHODS Thirty five victims of self immolation were enrolled in our study during the 4 years of study period. All patients were married attempting suicide by burning themselves. Of these, no one was diagnosed to suffer from a mental or psychological disorder. RESULTS A statist...

Edgar Allan Poe’s tales offer a variety of instances linked to the analysis of human nature and the processes it goes through during the stories. Most of them treat about the destruction of the self as the narrator finds himself confronted with the darkness that gradually will come to annihilate reason and any sensible thinking. The protagonist witnesses not only the darkness inside, but also t...

Introduction Homicide is the most serious, radical and irreversible criminal act. It arouses a multitude of questions fears. Committed by women, homicide seems more unusual weird. Objectives Our objective to describe circumstances committed Tunisian women Methods This study was retrospective descriptive. focused on files psychiatric expertise involved female accused subjects.We have collected a...